Can a prediabetic eat tofu and tempeh everyday?

[Veanas]

Hi everyone,

I am a newbie here. I have a question and hope someone can help me. As someone that is prediabetic, can I eat tofu and tempeh on daily basis? If the answer is yes, what is the right amount that is consider safe for someone like me?

I am not fat. I am skinny.

The reason I asked, because I'm confuse with vegan experts on youtube. When I watched physician committee featuring Dr. Neal Barnard. He basically say, go for it. Its good for the body. But when I watch Cyrrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro from Mastering Diabetes they have different opinion; tofu, tempeh and soy drinks are in yellow light area. You can eat, but not a lot. Now, I am not sure what is the right portion because they didn't specify.

Hope someone with knowledge can shed light about tofu and tempeh for prediabetic.

 

[beancounter]

My advice is to not get medical advice from YouTube or random people on the Internet.

Instead, ask a qualified medical doctor.

 

[Lou]

I drink a lot of soy milk and I did some research on how much soy it was safe to eat.
If I remember fight it was like 4 or 5 servings a day. So I think you should also stay below that.

those guys from Mastering Diabetes recommend a low fat diet. And tofu all by itself is not low fat. So maybe that is the yellow light.
But I bet you can safely mix it in your diet and get good results....
For instance, you can make a tofu stir fry with lots of vegetables and very little oil and it would be low fat.
Besides all the other good things about tofu it has a low glycemic level of 15 - which is pretty good for diabetics.
Does the Mastering Diabetes guys have a cookbook? Dr. Barnard has the Reversing Diabetes Cookbook.

Is Tofu Good for Diabetics - Sugar.Fit

 

[shyvas]

Here are 2 links that may give you some of the answers and also some sound advice with regards to the nutritional value of both tofu and seitan.. However none of our members are qualified to give
out medical advise for people who are prediabetics. It`s always recommended to consult your GP who can refer you to either a specialist or
dietician.

Veganism and diabetes | Eating with diabetes | Diabetes UK

Seitan vs Tofu: Nutrition, Taste, and Recipes | Dietitian Debbie Dishes

 

[Veanas]

My advice is to not get medical advice from YouTube or random people on the Internet.

Instead, ask a qualified medical doctor.

Yes, but they are not random people though. Physician Committee and Mastering Diabetes are qualified medical doctors. Dr Neal Barnard featured in Game Changers . Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro wrote best selling book Mastering Diabetes.

 

[Veanas]

Here are 2 links that may give you some of the answers and also some sound advice with regards to the nutritional value of both tofu and seitan.. However none of our members are qualified to give
out medical advise for people who are prediabetics. It`s always recommended to consult your GP who can refer you to either a specialist or
dietician.

Veganism and diabetes | Eating with diabetes | Diabetes UK

Seitan vs Tofu: Nutrition, Taste, and Recipes | Dietitian Debbie Dishes

Thank you for the link. I see.....Thank you for the explanation. That helps a lot.

 

[Veanas]

I drink a lot of soy milk and I did some research on how much soy it was safe to eat.
If I remember fight it was like 4 or 5 servings a day. So I think you should also stay below that.

those guys from Mastering Diabetes recommend a low fat diet. And tofu all by itself is not low fat. So maybe that is the yellow light.
But I bet you can safely mix it in your diet and get good results....
For instance, you can make a tofu stir fry with lots of vegetables and very little oil and it would be low fat.
Besides all the other good things about tofu it has a low glycemic level of 15 - which is pretty good for diabetics.
Does the Mastering Diabetes guys have a cookbook? Dr. Barnard has the Reversing Diabetes Cookbook.

Is Tofu Good for Diabetics - Sugar.Fit

Ahhhh.....thank you so much. That explain a lot. Yeah they have recipes in their website.