With more and more people turning to soy as an alternative to dairy, for allergies, health reasons or general well being, there is a lot of confusion about this humble legume.

It’d great to see that most cafe’s know have a soy milk option with most supermarkets stocking this juice, it’s not technically a milk product, rather than a juice extracted from masticating soy beans.

There are great ways to introduce soy into your current diet, be it alternative products such as butter, tofu, cheese, yes cheese, custard and soy linseed bread.

Starting it’s life in Northern China and being part of the asian diet for centuries, only now are the benefits of soy really being understood by western society in the areas of:
1.Cholesterol & heart health
2.Breast cancer
3.Menopausal symptoms
4.Osteoporosis
5.Soy based infant formula

While soy isn’t the answer to the world’s nutritional problems, it does offer a host of great benefits.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 10:47 am by Andrew Talati and is filed under Nutrition.

Tags: Nutrition

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