Healthful SOY TIPS
for Soy Foods Intake

Natural, Healthy Ways to Add Soy
Into Your Diet

When you hear about a food that is good for your health, you are not the only one who may eat it excessively to gain health benefits in a short amount of time.

Oriental doctors recommend consuming a variety of foods for a healthy body.

This is because excessive intake of one type of food usually results in a negative outcome rather than health benefits.

It is important to know when and how to add variety to your diet.

It has been suggested that plants with protein should be consumed with whole grains to maximize their health benefits, so you get all eight amino acids in your diet.

For instance, vegetable proteins, such as tofu (which contains complete vegetable proteins, but lacks quantities of the amino acids methionine and cysteine), should also be combined with other proteins, such as nuts, grains, and seeds, to increase the variety of amino acid intake.

In Asian and Western diets, soy is a good example of a food that can close the gap between a varied diet and overall health.

How much soy should I eat every day?

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) allows manufacturers of soy products to say that "…25 grams of soy protein a day, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease."

If you have lactose intolerance, soymilk can be a good alternative milk. However, it is important to alternate drinks and consume a variety of different ones. Reports have shown that some people who drink soymilk excessively have seen negative results. The problem is that people who hear of benefits focus on just one source of food intake.

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Asian people:

Asian people eat soy foods everyday. They don’t usually eat soy to cure health problems; rather, they just eat it as a regular side dish.

A healthy diet comes from a variety of food consumption.

For instance, many people in Asia eat soy products like fermented soy paste soup, tofu, soy sprout, or soymilk every day.

Though they eat soy food as part of their main dishes, it is a natural part of their diet. Some soy studies show that people in Asia are less likely to have breast cancer, because they eat a lot of soy foods like soy paste soup and tofu.

I am from Korea, and I hardly heard of any cases of breast cancer when I was growing up.

The bottom line is that soybeans contain tremendous health benefits that you can take advantage of if you add them into your daily diet in a natural way. How should I add soy foods into my diet?

The best way to add soy into your diet is to do as the Asians do: eat it as a side dish with varieties of other foods. You can add tofu, soymilk, or soy paste soup, etc. into your diet if you haven’t tried them before. This way of eating soy will make your diet healthier and will possibly help you gain other health benefits.

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In addition . . .

Do you know soybeans contain lots of nutrition in their skin? Simply eating different varieties of soy foods can help increase the health benefits you get from soy and allow you to experience a variety of different flavors.

1. When adding soybeans or black beans into your diet. . .

Rice can be a good partner with soybeans or black beans, especially because of its nutritional value. White rice with beans is a popular alternative meal when you are tired of eating plain rice.

Many people are now aware of the nutritional value of different varieties of rice and eat brown rice instead of white rice. To increase the flavor of brown rice or regular white rice, a pressure cooker is a great thing to use. The pressure cooker preserves all of the natural flavors, as well as the nutrition; the texture of the rice is maintained as well.

Brown rice contains lots of nutritional benefits. Specifically, the rice bran in brown rice may help prevent cancer and prevent DNA damage.

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Eating beans (soybeans or black beans) with brown rice is a great way to keep your body healthy because the simultaneous ingestion of brown rice and beans will increase the overall health benefits.

Brown rice also contains lots of fiber. If you suffer from constipation, brown rice may help.



2. When seeing the white foam in the soy and water mixture. . .

Soybeans and black beans produce a white foam when mixed with water. This foam is called saponin, which may protect the body against microbes (bacteria that cause diseases).

In addition, saponin may enhance nutrient absorption and aid digestion. This white form of saponin in soy may reduce the risk of colon cancer and prevent other forms of cancer.

Next time, when you see the white foam on the surface of soybean water or black bean water, you can use it all later when cooking and eating. Also, before soaking soy or black beans, rinse them well first. Later, use the soaked water when boiling. For black beans, the water used to soak the beans should not be thrown out because of the health benefits in the water.

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