Who should I eat to lose weight? A nutrition and calorie comparison between frozen tofu and fresh tofu!

Are you worried about gaining weight year after year? In order to lose weight, many people start to think of all kinds of ways to get rid of excess fat. Among them, the frozen tofu diet, which is popular among Japanese celebrities and is said to have been successful in losing weight, has attracted special attention. Many people are also discussing on the Internet whether eating traditional tofu is better for losing weight? Or is frozen tofu better? Let’s hear what nutritionists have to say.

A comparison of the calories of traditional tofu and frozen tofu. Nutritionists give their answers

Nutritionist You Weiming from the Catholic St. Martin's Hospital pointed out that frozen tofu is made by cutting fresh traditional tofu into appropriate sizes and placing it in a freezer for 2 days. In fact, the ingredients of traditional tofu and frozen tofu have not changed, so the calories and nutritional content are similar, with 75 calories, 7 grams of protein and 5 grams of fat per 80 grams.

However, after tofu is frozen, it becomes frozen tofu, and its internal structure becomes porous. When the frozen tofu is put into soup or cooked, these holes can absorb the soup or sauce, making the frozen tofu more flavorful. The juice will burst out when you bite it, and the porous structure makes the frozen tofu more chewy, making people who have eaten it want to continue eating it. Therefore, if frozen tofu is cooked properly, you can eat it regularly. Compared with weight loss methods such as eating meat, fruits, witch soup, etc., using frozen tofu to lose weight is healthier and will have unexpected effects.

Adding frozen tofu to your daily dishes can fill you up and burn fat

The Japanese have had hundreds of tofu dishes since ancient times, and tofu miso soup is an indispensable part of their daily breakfast. This eating pattern is one of the secrets to the Japanese people's well-proportioned figure. Tofu is low in calories, high in nutritional value, and has a sense of satiety, making it very suitable for inclusion in various cooking combinations. The frozen tofu weight loss method that is especially popular in Japan does not require complicated calorie calculations or starvation dieting. Just add frozen tofu to your daily dishes and you can eat your fill while burning fat!

The ingredients of traditional tofu and frozen tofu have not changed, so the calories and nutritional content are similar, with 75 calories, 7 grams of protein and 5 grams of fat per 80 grams.

Traditional tofu is a recognized nutritious food. It is not only natural and healthy, but also simple and easy to make. It is a common home-cooked dish we eat.

What’s so good about traditional fresh tofu? Traditional fresh tofu is low in saturated fat, has complete protein ingredients, and is rich in phytochemicals that are beneficial to the human body. Compared to meat, it has lower calories and comparable nutritional value, and is more filling when eaten. You will not be tempted to eat other high-calorie, nutritious junk foods or sugary flavored drinks just because you are hungry.

Traditional tofu is a recognized nutritious food. Eating tofu in moderation every day can help you lose weight.

Nutritionist You Weiming explained that the production process of traditional tofu uses soybeans as the main raw material and is made through a process of soaking, grinding, filtering, boiling, extruding, coagulating, and molding. It is a very high-quality plant-based complete protein that contains essential amino acids for the human body and is high in unsaturated fatty acids. Many studies have confirmed that moderate intake of plant fatty acids can lower cholesterol. Because the production process of traditional tofu retains moisture, the volume and weight of traditional tofu can make people feel more full compared to meat with the same calories and protein. Just add an appropriate amount of tofu to your daily diet and soups. You don’t need to calculate the calories you eat for each meal or go on a starvation diet. The weight will disappear quietly without you noticing.

According to the Taiwan Kidney Association, traditional tofu is a recognized nutritious food. It is not only natural and healthy, but also simple and easy to make. It is a common home-cooked dish we eat. Tofu can be used in cooking to create either a strong or light flavor, and it goes well with almost any ingredient. Nutritionist You Weiming suggests that if you want to make more effective use of the special effects and nutrition of tofu, you should find a good "partner" for it on the table to be healthier:

[Good partner for eating tofu]:

1. Eat some meat to help absorb the protein:

Soybean is known as "plant meat" and it is the best protein food among plant foods. Tofu, which is made from soybeans, is high in protein. However, the content and proportion of protein and amino acids in tofu are not very reasonable, nor are they particularly suitable for human digestion and absorption.

If you add some high-quality protein foods while eating tofu, it can complement the tofu, making the protein in the tofu better digested, absorbed and utilized by the human body. And these high-quality protein foods are none other than meat and eggs. Therefore, dishes like minced meat with tofu and preserved egg with tofu can help better absorb the protein.

Egg yolks are rich in vitamin D, so delicious and tender egg yolk tofu is an excellent dish for calcium supplementation.

2. Add egg yolk and blood tofu to supplement more calcium:

Just like you need to supplement vitamin D while taking calcium tablets, if you want to supplement calcium when eating tofu, you need to pair it with some foods rich in vitamin D. Because vitamin D plays a very important role in the absorption and utilization of calcium. Although tofu is very rich in calcium, with more calcium than the same amount of milk, it is more effective when eaten with foods rich in vitamin D.

Egg yolks are rich in vitamin D, so delicious and tender egg yolk tofu is an excellent dish for calcium supplementation. Animal offal such as liver and blood are also high in vitamin D, so it is ideal to make "red and white tofu" by combining white tofu and blood tofu. In addition, animal offal such as chicken gizzards and pork liver also play a good role in increasing the calcium absorption of tofu.

3. Add kelp and seaweed to supplement more iodine:

Tofu not only supplements nutrition, but also has a certain therapeutic effect in preventing arteriosclerosis. This is because tofu contains a substance called saponin, which can prevent the production of oxidized lipids that cause arteriosclerosis. However, saponins can cause a problem: they can cause abnormal iodine excretion in the body and may lead to iodine deficiency if consumed for a long time. Therefore, when eating tofu, adding some iodine-rich seafood such as kelp and seaweed to cook together can get the best of both worlds.

4. Add green vegetables and fungus to prevent diseases:

Although tofu is rich in nutrients, it lacks dietary fiber and eating it alone may cause constipation. Green vegetables and black fungus are rich in dietary fiber, which can make up for this shortcoming of tofu. In addition, fungus and green vegetables contain many antioxidant ingredients that can enhance immunity and prevent diseases. When eaten with tofu, the disease-fighting effect is even better.

Frozen tofu is a protein food. Although it has high nutritional value, the production process still requires the addition of brine (magnesium chloride), gypsum (calcium sulfate), gluconolactone, etc. as coagulants. Additives such as trehalose and plant gum may also be added to increase water retention and taste. Therefore, if patients with chronic kidney disease, acute gastric ulcers, or acute gout eat large amounts of frozen tofu for three meals in order to lose weight, it will actually aggravate their condition. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with the above-mentioned diseases should consult a nutritionist about the intake of frozen tofu, which will be safer.