This picture is a click of my lunch box:-) Guess the food??
Ha, It is Soya chunks and beans curry..
Our topic today is Healthy benefits of Soy chunks.
All of us know that soybean is rich in Vitamin-B12 and protein, and all the Doctors advice the pure vegetarians to include soybean in their diet to prevent the deficiency symptoms of Vitamin-B12. But soybean is not only rich in vitamin-B12 and protein but also beneficial to us in many ways.
As todays trend, being wealthy is being healthy. Earning money has become easy but being healthy has become quite a tough task!! What say Friends.. Mention a family, where atleast one of your family member is not affected by any metabolic or lifestyle diseases. Quite tough!! Isn't it!!
So my small aim as a clinical nutritionist is to bring awareness of the nutrition facts of the daily and easily available food items, and open up the facts about how healthy the naturally available food around you, is.
Let's dive into our topic- SOYBEAN- KING OF VEGETABLE PROTEIN :-)
Being a native of China, Soybean is cultivated actively around the world. Brown in colour, with a rough texture, not so fancy ;-) but a fit and healthy food.
Low in calories, low in carb, high in protein, high in fibre, high in vitamins and minerals, high in good fat(polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and less amount of saturated fat). WOW!! THIS IS WHAT ATTRACTS A NUTRITIONIST. WHEN PACKED WITH SUCH A WHOLE AMOUNT OF BOTH MACRO AND MICRONUTRIENTS, HOW CAN ANY NUTRITIONIST NOT ADVICE THEIR CLIENTS TO INCLUDE SOYBEAN IN THEIR DIET.
So, go ahead friends!!
Still want more proof, how healthy is the plant protein??
GOOD FOR HEART: The low amount of saturated and tansfats in soy and the high amount of PUFA and MUFA, works like a parent pampering for your heart..Confused? Just the way your parents take care of you, Soybean also takes care of your heart, increases the blood flow(circulation), and prevents the increased depositions of cholesterol. Soy also contains Lecithin which is a natural Fat emulsifier, which breaks down fat. That sounds amazing, Isn't it friends, when you have a natural fat breakdown magic pill in a natural food.. So all obese people just include soy in a your diet atleast 3 times a week :-) AND WATCH THE MAGIC :-):-)
BRAIN FOOD: Certain foods are so good for your brain, such as, eating them will make your brain function more actively, improves your memory and prevents any brain related disorders like Alzheimers disease . Soy is one such food :-)
PREVENTS BREAST CANCER: As the saying "Prevention is better than cure" Why not we opt for food rich in antioxidants, which play a fantastic role in fighting with the free radicals in our body and thus prevent the damage of our cells and thus keep us Cancer-free :-). The good amount antioxidants in Soybean helps in preventing breast cancer according to certain studies.
STRONG BONES: Long sitting working hours is making all of us prone to Osteoporosis at a younger age compared to olden days. Anyhow though the best option is to walk, move or run around to keep your joints and bones healthy. But food also has a major role along with exercise in improving the strength of your bones. Instead of having all the sugary and fatty, oily, greasy food that makes you lazy, dull, inactive, limping, and finally leaves your pocket empty by big fat hospital bills..Just a few diet and lifestyle changes will avoid all those unhappy things.
Soy being rich in minerals like Calcium, phosphorus helps in strengthening of bones. The Isoflavones in Soy increase the density of the bones.
COLON(Intestinal) CANCER: The odd food habits and all the artificial stuff we all are eating is making our poor Digestive system into a garbage grinder,(SORRY!! IF IAM WRONG GUYS) and finally what is happening is, the digestive system has to put on an extra effort to digest all those extra fat, sugar etc and on long term it will become rotten..To be FRANK!! Eating right food at the right time in right amounts keeps your digestive tract clean and healthy :-) Soybean contains Sphingolipids which helps in prevention of Colon cancer. Being rich in dietary fibre it cleanses the digestive tract.
NATURAL ANTIAGEING AGENT: Soy has a superb effect in increasing the oestrogen hormone upto some extent and this oestrogen hormone helps in reducing the wrinkles, fine lines, dark spots and post menopausal symptoms like depression, mood swings etc..
ANAEMIA: The Iron and Zinc in Soy bean helps in improving the red blood cells, and thus improve the anaemia symptoms. So, here again another food added to the Iron rich foods, like spinach, dates, etc.. whenever someone asks to mention the foods that increase the blood, we generally list spinach, dates, pomegranate etc.. Soya also has entered that list nowadays :-)
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