Disadvantages of eating too much legumes:

1. Inhibit the normal absorption of iron.

The protein in soy products can hinder the body’s absorption of iron. Excessive intake of soy protein can inhibit 90% of normal iron absorption, which can lead to varying degrees of fatigue, lethargy, and physical weakness in the human body. symptoms, and in severe cases can lead to iron deficiency anemia.

2. Increase the burden on the kidneys.

During the metabolism of plant protein, certain metabolites will be produced, and these metabolites must be excreted through the kidneys.

If you consume too much soy products, the amount of metabolites produced will increase, which will increase the amount of nitrogen-containing waste produced by the body, increase the burden on the kidneys, and harm your health.

3. Cause precocious puberty in children.

Excessive consumption of soy products can cause premature puberty in children.

This is because soy products contain isoflavones, a type of phytoestrogen whose chemical structure is very similar to estrogen and can be used as an estrogen substitute to promote the growth of bone cells.

This phytoestrogen is beneficial to women’s health and can treat menopausal syndrome.

4. Damage gastrointestinal function.

Soy products contain a lot of purine, which can promote the secretion of gastric juice. Excessive gastric acid can cause nausea and vomiting; soy products also contain a flatulence factor, which can promote gastric juice secretion. People experience symptoms such as intestinal bloating, diarrhea and indigestion.

Extended information:

Soy products have always been a health food highly praised by the public, but not everyone is suitable for eating soy products.

For some men, eating too much soy products may damage the kidneys.

First of all, Chinese medicine believes that most soy products such as tofu tend to be cold in nature. Therefore, men with cold stomachs, weak spleen and kidneys, weak yang prone to diarrhea, and frequent nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea should not eat more to avoid It aggravates the symptoms of kidney deficiency and yang deficiency.

Secondly, men with renal insufficiency should also eat less soy products.

Compared with animal protein, soy products contain a large amount of plant protein. If you eat too much, it will inevitably increase the nitrogen-containing waste generated in the body, increase the burden on the kidneys, and further decline kidney function.

Therefore, patients with renal insufficiency should eat less soy products and increase their intake of animal protein to reduce the burden on the kidneys and avoid the accumulation of non-protein nitrogen in the body.

A recent study from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, UK, also showed that soy isoflavones in soybeans are a type of phytoestrogens. Appropriate supplementation of soy isoflavones can prevent osteoporosis and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly men. Prostate disease, but men during puberty often consume large amounts of soy products and excessive intake of phytoestrogens can affect the development of secondary sexual characteristics, making their appearance less masculine or more feminine, and can also cause ovulation * Decreased quality, leading to future reproductive dysfunction.