Just One Cup of Taho a Day! Your Daily needs are Okay!

Taho with Sago and Sugar Syrup

In your whole life, I’m sure that you’ve already taste the sweetness and richness of TAHO. In the Philippines, Taho! Tahooo! Tahooooo! is commonly heard every morning in different areas of the country. The Magtataho is shouting those words. Magtataho is the one behind this Tahooo calling. They are the one selling taho, you can see them walking on the streets while carrying 2 stainless vats attached to a wooden rod. Waiting for a magtataho vendor is extremely exciting.

Taho is an excellent breakfast that can help you to start a bright day with full energy and healthy body.

In your childhood days, I know that every morning you are waiting for the battle cry of the magtataho, once you hear the chant Tahooo! You’re going to run to your kitchen to get the biggest mug you could find, that will be filled with taho to satisfy your cravings.

Taho is made from fresh silken tofu or bean curd with sago (pearl tapioca) and arnibal (sweet caramelized sugar syrup).

    Taho Flavors:

•  Arnibal ( Sweet caramelized sugar syrup) commonly in Metro Manila and other provinces
• Strawberry Taho ( strawberry syrup) popular in Baguio City
• Pandan Taho
• Ube Taho
• Chocolate Taho are the other variants, can be bought in taho stalls in malls.

Pandan Flavored Taho

Ube Flavored Taho

Strawberry Flavored Taho

  Taho Ingredients:

• Taho Ingredients:
• Processed fresh Silken Tofu/Soya
•  Sago pearls
• Arnibal Syrup

 Benefits of Taho:

•  Improves metabolism
•  Lower cholesterol
•  Loss weight – people going to gym are  now including soya drinks that is better for the body
•  Prevents cardio-vascular diseases

Taho is rich in:

• Lunasin- a soy peptid
•   Protein- good for muscles and tissues
• Carbohydrates- that gives our body energy for our daily use
•   Folic acid- for the brain and it’s good for pregnant women
• Calcium- strengthen our bones and teeth
• Vitamin B1/ Thiamin- it helps converting carbohydrates into energy
•  Riboflavin/ Vitamin B
• Zinc
•  Phosphorus
• Iron
• Vitamin B4

What Taho can do to your body?

•  It’s a comfort food
•  It’s a healthy food
•   Lunasin  reduces the risks of heart disease

·         The amount of calcium in soya is sufficient that can provide us strong bones and teeth as we grow older.

According to some recent studies, there is a link between soy consumption and cancer.  Soy can prevent the formation of tumors that causes having cancer and related diseases. It can prevent males from having prostate cancer.

Note: Improper processed of soy products can remove the Lunasin and soy is no longer effective for some medical conditions.

Buying taho products from the vendors selling on streets is not 100% approved by The Department of Health in the Philippines because of some reasons, like how is the taho processed? How is it delivered? What is the expiration date? Is the vendor got a shot of vaccine anti thyroid, anti-hepatitis? Reasoning that buying from a magtataho vendor doesn’t affect your health. Remember it’s still better to prevent than to cure. It’s better to buy from supermarkets; they are also selling repacked soya products.