Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Greenfields on May 04, 2015, 02:27:28 PM
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Hi there, I've just finished reading a few menopause books which focus on diet. I've always had a pretty good diet which is high in phytoestrogens so I ticked most of the boxes in terms of meeting what the books suggested one should eat.
However when I moved from Canada to the UK last year I stopped eating as much soy foods - tofu for instance. This was mostly because I didn't hunt around to find out where I could buy it and using the oven (for a whole raft of reasons) has not been easy in either of my UK rental places (in Canada I used to like roasting tofu and then adding it to pasta sauce or salads).
Anyway I've finally found that I can get tofu for a reasonable price at my local Waitrose (have never seen it for sale in Sainsbury's - do they sell it?) and have started to eat more of it and also soy yogurt.
But I'm wondering whether this will impact my HRT treatment? As soy is a strong source of phytoestrogens will that impact the oestrogen in my system? For the moment I'm just adding it to food without going over board with it - so I eat tofu regularly but not masses (although I am adding soy yogurt to fruit daily).
Any thoughts appreciated.
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I haven't tried soy, some people find it upsets the bowel :-\ ……… let us know how you get on!
You may find that a 'health food' store such as Holland and Barratt may stock it, you could do a 'search' ;)
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Our local Sainsburys sells Tofu.
Taz x
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Holland and Barratt stock it but its expensive. Waitrose is cheaper. I will look in Sainsbury's Taz because I haven't spotted it in our local branch yet!