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I’m Doctor Keith Ayoob. I’m a pediatric nutritionist and a registered dietitian.
All kids need a healthy, nutritious diet and that’s where soy fits in because soy is
one of the most nutrient-rich foods in our food supply.
You know, I always tell parents that soybeans are actually a vegetable. They’re just a
vegetable with a lot of protein and a lot of nutrition, and you don’t have to forego
meat or other high protein animal foods. I really try to tell parents it’s so easy
to get kids to eat soyfoods and to incorporate soyfoods into their diet by just adding it
to what kids already love. Now, a good example of that would be to add soft tofu to a smoothie.
Another example would be to add some soy crumbles to their scrambled eggs. It makes for a really
high protein meal. All kids love a PB&J sandwich but you can also add soy to that by using
soy butter… and especially if you give it to kids on whole wheat bread you actually
got a pretty good sandwich there.
Everybody seems to eat on the go now and we’ve really got to make an effort to give kids
good food when they’re on the run so they can eat with one hand, and a soy bar can really
do well for kids there because they can throw it in their book-bag. They can eat it after
school as a snack. I think soy is so great for kids because it’s so versatile, it’s
so nutritious, and it’s also economical. Plus, I love it that kids actually like foods
with soy.