I always knew there was something unsavory about tofu,(other than complete lack of flavor and an icky texture) and at last I have my proof! Tofu causes kidney stones. Earlier this year a tofu loving Chinese man went to the doctor complaining of severe abdominal pain. A CT scan revealed his kidneys to be packed with stones. The man was operated on and 420 stones were removed,that number is not counting the stones that were the size of a grain of rice as those stones were suctioned out. Believe it or not that is not the record for the number of kidney stones removed,in 2009 172,155 stones were removed from a patient in India. I was also surprise by the appearance of the stones...they actually look like stones,or rather pebbles.
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| The dreaded tofu! |
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