Benefits of soy milk?!
Benefits of soy milk?
what are the health benefits of soy milk?
Answers:
Soy Milk Nutrition
Part of a Balanced Diet
Soy milk and all soy foods offer outstanding nutrition, along with their health benefits. They provide balanced nutrition: a healthy balance of high-quality protein and carbohydrates, low in fat with no cholesterol and very low in saturated fat. With soymilk and other soyfoods packed with so much nutrition and beneficial phytochemicals, cultivating soybeans may be the most productive use of land.
Soy and Nutrition
Soybeans contain rich protein, vitamins A, B1, B2, and other mineral elements. High-quality soy protein is considered equal to that of poultry and milk. Soybeans contain the highest concentration of protein among all the legumes: 40 percent protein by volume compared to 20 percent for other beans. The FDA determined that 25 grams of soy protein per day may reduce the risk of heart disease by reducing cholesterol.
Soy milk has a greater variety of complex carbohydrates than whole milk. These result in a low glycemic index, making soy less likely to overstimulate blood sugar levels, which makes it a good choice in a diabetic diet. Soy milk and okara (the soy fiber remaining after making soymilk) are good sources of isoflavones. Okara is a good source of dietary fiber.
The fat content in soy milk is highly unsaturated and includes concentrations of Omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids, found in soy, flax, and fish, are being studied for their ability to lower the risk of heart disease and even cancer. In addition, Omega-3 may be essential to brain development in infants.
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Sad to say, there aren't any. In fact, soy is more dangerous than helpful.
Confused About Soy?--Soy Dangers Summarized
* High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.
* Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
* Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.
* Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
* Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
* Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.
* Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.
* Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
* Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.
* Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
There are lots of different opinions about soy, as a whole. But over dairy milk, the benefits are so much more. Lots of people suffer from lactose intolerance and do not know it. Fewer people are allergic to soy. You can get it in plain, vanilla, or chocolate flavors, and probably more flavors if you look. It may not be fat free (though 'light' varieties are close), but it has just as few calories. My personal reasons are because I'm eliminating all dairy from my diet because of lactose intolerance, and I don't support the dairy industry. Here are a couple helpful links. Oh, and soy milk is getting cheaper than regular milk!
if you drink soy milk, you don't take the milk of the cow, in which is meant to feed her calves. try drinking almond milk
There are less germs in soy milk than in cow's milk....did you ever notice how soy milk stays fresh longer than cow's milk? that is germs that make stuff go bad...