Soy products are great for you, with all that antioxident-rich goodness; but dark soy sauce I stay away from. Many have heard the old wives’ tale to avoid soy sauce because it will darken your skin. True or not, the stuff is just unhealthy. For one, it’s extremely high in sodium.
This doesn’t mean I don’t add a spoonful of natural-brewed light soy sauce to my spinach and tofu soup or drizzle it over broiled salmon, but I do cut it out of my diet as much as possible. And if you’re a cooking snob, soy sauce is the amateur’s way of flavoring Asian cuisine, so consider it a culinary challenge to find alternatives for soy sauce.
Admittedly, few ingredients in the kitchen are quite as versatile as soy sauce. Thus, if you must, at least invest in the higher quality kind made from black bean (as opposed to glutinous wheat, which is what the standard variety is made of). Always read the label! A good rule of thumb is if there’s English on the label, it’s probably sub-standard.
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