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Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Asian diets that have soy are whole soy, like edamame, tofu, bean curd, natto, etc. Not as fillers to something else. Not only that, but Asian foods for the most part are mostly fish and veggies, not much as processed foods.

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

The only thing that gets me is soy milk, bc of what my dad told me, but I don't know if it's true. He said so many Asians of the old generation only drank soy milk and not cow milk. There's no calcium in soy milk, and that's why Asians are short. Nowadays, of course cow milk is readily available in Asia. When I went to mainland China I was surprised at how tall everyone was. Most girls were about 5'6-5'8" towered over me (I'm 5'2"). But Asian girls in the US are still pretty short. Isn't that weird!

That is weird and interesting. I wonder what the explanation is.