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Tofu and tempeh are easily digestible protein sources for you. Legumes and lentils can be enjoyed almost every day, although you must stick to the ones without detrimental lectins. Lentils, broad (fava) beans, cannellini beans, white beans, pinto and northern beans are on your list. They provide a good source of complex carbohydrates and fibre. Legumes contain phytosterols and fibre that have cholesterol-lowering and cancer-protective effects. In addition, legumes encourage good bowel function, which protects against colon cancer and haemorrhoids.

Soya beans and the other legumes have approximately the same qualities. However, soya beans, and hence soya products, have a higher fat content, plenty of essential fatty acids, a higher protein content and an excellent amino acid profile. Soya is a good source of lecithin, which has been shown to lower cholesterol levels and help the liver and gall bladder do their work.

Soya also contains phytoestrogens that exert both a mild estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effect. In other words these compounds have a balancing effect on the hormonal system.