Soy — a grassy plant of family bean. The cultural plant is actively grown up in the countries of Asia, Southern Europe, on both American continents, in the Central and South Africa and Australia. People know about this plant many centuries. Than the plant deserved such popularity — we will tell about it in article.
Caloric content and chemical composition
Nutrition value of fresh green beans (information on the content of substances on 100 g of a product is hereinafter provided):
- water: 67.5 g;
- proteins: 13 g;
- fats: 6.8 g (saturated 0.8 g, monounsaturated 1.3 g, polyunsaturated 3.2 g);
- carbohydrates: 11.1 g;
- power value: 147 kcal.
At mature beans:
- water: 8.5 ±0.1 g;
- proteins: 36.5 ±0.2 g;
- fats: 20.0 ±0.2 g (saturated 2.9 g, monounsaturated 4.4 g, polyunsaturated 11.3 g);
- carbohydrates: 30.2 g (sugar of 7.3 g);
- power value: 446 kcal.
Macrocells:
- potassium: 1607 mg;
- phosphorus: 603 mg;
- calcium: 348 mg;
- magnesium: 226 mg;
- sulfur: 214 mg;
- silicon: 177 mg;
- chlorine: 64 mg;
- sodium: 44 mg.
Minerals:
- hardware: 9670 mkg;
- manganese: 2800 mkg;
- pine forest: 750 mkg;
- aluminum: 700 mkg;
- copper: 500 mkg;
- nickel: 304 mkg;
- molybdenum: 99 mkg;
- cobalt: 31.2 mkg;
- iodine: 8.2 mkg.
Vitamins:
- β-carotene: 0.15-0.20 mg;
- vitamin E: 17.3 mg;
- pyridoxine (B6): 0.7-1.3 mg;
- niatsin (RR): 2.1-3.5 mg;
- pantothenic acid (B5): 1.3-2.23 mg;
- Riboflavinum (B2): 0.22-0.38 mg;
- thiamine (B1): 0.94-1.8 mg.
Whether you know? The first began to grow up soy in Ancient China. Mentions of it meet for four thousand years B.C.
Useful properties
The nutritiousness and nutrition value of the proteins which are contained in culture is very similar to proteins of animal origin. Therefore soy quite often is a component of some dishes in the menu of diets of people who suffer from gastritis with the increased acidity. The organism receives necessary amount of protein, and gastric juice is produced on a minimum. All because of feature of proteins.
Molokozameniteli from soy and soy flour is used for preparation of dishes to diabetics. And all because they contain smaller amount of carbohydrates in comparison with others bean, and proteins more valuable.
The lecithin which is contained in a plant interferes with fat accumulation that forces an organism to spend the saved-up stocks, thereby promoting weight reduction.
We recommend to learn what useful properties lecithin has
Such components as isoflavonoids, influence the level of women's hormone of estrogen. They or lower its development, or replace it. At a normal hormonal background the risk of developing of tumors of mammary glands which result from a hormonal imbalance decreases. Also, if the level of hormones is normal, the current of a menopause is facilitated.
Important! Well influences a cardiovascular system.
What is done of soy
Its special characteristics became the reason of wide circulation of culture:
- in spite of the fact that a plant one-year, it brings big harvests;
- it contains huge amount of protein (about 50%);
- contains many vitamins.
Therefore it is often used as substitute or as a component of many food.
Pay attention that the lecithin which is in soy well influences on: the vascular system — dissolving harmful cholesterol and reducing its level, risks of developing of atherosclerosis and heart attack decrease; diabetes warns
The main products from soy:
- grain and flour;
- soy milk (sweet drink of cream-white color);
- soy meat (it is made of low-fat soy flour by pressing);
- soy oil;
- soy paste;
- soy sauce;
- speed (the fermented food product popular in Asian cuisine);
- tofu (the soy cheese received from the turned sour soy milk);
- edamame (boiled green pods of soy);
- yuba (the dried-up dairy skin);
Soy cake goes on a forage to a livestock.
Contraindications and potential harm
Some components of soy influence work of endocrine glands of our organism, first of all — a thyroid gland. The active use of products with soy at teenage age strongly accelerates puberty at girls, and at boys, on the contrary, slows down.
For pregnant women there are also negative consequences: there is a threat of an abortion, development of a fruit slows down. The increased concentration of women's hormone in a male body because of the excessive use of soy causes obesity on female type, decrease in male power.
We advise to read about the vitamins necessary for pregnant women and the feeding mothers.
In addition, culture is an object for scientific research in the field of genetics. It is not always possible to get a product without gene-modified components, and such product also negatively influences an organism.
Categorically do not recommend to use soy:
- to children up to three years;
- to elderly people;
- to pregnant women;
- having problems with kidneys;
- having violations in work of an endocrine system.
Whether you know? During government in China of the Zhou dynasty (the first millennium B.C.) soy was considered as a sacred plant, along with rice, wheat, a millet and barley.
The cultural plant is rich with nutrients and useful minerals. But that from its use there was an advantage, it is necessary to accept a product in a limited look. 150-200 grams a day few times in a week will be useful.