Ask ML: How Fattening is Soft Tofu Soup?
From the ML Inbox: “Question for you… I have been eating the soft tofu soup that Grace mentioned in her roundup of midtown soup spots several times a week. I have also put on a decent amount of weight in that time!!! Do you or her have any sense of how healthy/unhealthy soft tofu soup is?”
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:00 am, September 10th, 2009 under Asides, Ask Midtown Lunch.
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Is there only one recipe for tofu soup or something?
If the tofu soup is made with a ton of that chili oil, then I guess tofu soup can be pretty caloric. I’m thinking along the lines of the Ma Pau Tofu or something.
Also, how much rice are you eating with the tofu soup, or any other sides for that matter…
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Deanlo, thats a very good point. Soy has a lot of goitrogens:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=47
Perhaps an excess of Tofu and the resulting goitrogens has led to hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid), which would result in weight gain as well.
Soft tofu soup really should not be TOO bad. a quick google finds that theres about 200 calories per 300 grams, which equates to about 10.5 oz. Depending on what is in it (beef, chicken, seafood, etc), it will obviously vary. Tofu is pretty healthy for you. if anything, its the rice that you eat wiht it that may be the culprit. has this person considered other areas of their lifestyle for their “sudden” weight gain?
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/korean-soft-tofu-stew-soondubu-430577