Soybeans - Japanese's favorite food

Crete people in Greece and Kohama in Japan have the lowest cardiovascular death rates in the world. That's because people in there eat a lot of soybeans and legume products.

The Japanese believe that soybeans is 'healthy - beautiful - natural' food. Soybeans contain high levels of alpha linolenic fatty acids that block blood clots which block the arteries in the heart. Prof. Dr. Pham Tu Duong, former vice president of the 108th Army Central Hospital, found that the use of soybean oil for the treatment of dyslipidemia gave good results in 81% of cases mild and moderate lipid dysfunction.

Professor David Jenkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto (Canada), said that soybeans are good for health, especially the ability to lower cholesterol in the blood. That explains why in the East Asian countries where soybeans are consumed the most, the number of people suffering from cardiovascular disease is relatively low. Just eating a small amount of processed foods from soybeans can significantly reduce oxidation, limit the precipitation of fats that contribute to blockage of blood vessels.

US researchers first published a study in 1995 that found in soybeans contain isoflavones, a phytoestrogen that lowers cholesterol. When women are over 30 years old, the amount of estrogen released by the ovary gradually decreases the body's freckles, freckles, wrinkles, dry hair, abdominal fat, reduced oily discharge and decreased desire. If you use synthetic estrogen for treatment, it is very easy to increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, breast cancer, memory loss. Isoflavone reduces the symptoms of premenopause and menopause, protects the body against breast cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis.

According to Dr. James Anderson of the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, people who have very high blood fats use soybeans instead of meat to reduce blood fats by 19.6% without the use of blood lipids. According to him, if you eat 40 grams of soybeans or your preparations for at least one month, your cholesterol will drop by about 93 percent. In addition, phytoestrogens also work to prevent stomach cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer.

The American Heart Association says that eating 25-50 grams of soybeans per day is a good way to reduce cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of the most fatal cardiovascular disease in the United States.

In addition, soybeans are high in calcium, a mineral that is essential for the elderly to prevent osteoporosis. Eat tofu with sea fish, animal liver or egg yolks because it contains high levels of vitamin D, especially vitamin D3, which increases the absorption of calcium from the intestines and brings calcium to the bone. Vitamin E is found in soybeans as well as an effective antioxidant that helps to prevent aging and prevent cardiovascular disease.

On the other hand, soybeans contain soyasaponin active ingredient, which helps the body fight various viruses such as influenza virus, herpes virus, genital herpes virus.

While soybeans have many health benefits, it should be noted that:

- Do not mix chicken eggs with soy milk. Albumin contained in the egg whites combined with trypsin in soy milk produces a substance that is difficult to absorb, thereby losing the nutritional value of soy milk.

- Do not mix soy milk with yellow sugar. Organic acids in yellow sugar combine with amino acids in soy milk to make it difficult to absorb (white sugar does not cause this).

- Soy milk must be cooked thoroughly. Trypsin particles cause indigestion, abdominal distension, gastrointestinal disorders. Do not drink too much cause stomach ache, indigestion, loose.