![]() THE SOY CONNECTIONHEALTH & NUTRITION INFORMATION ABOUT SOY
New Spin on an Old Story: Fiber (soy and other) in the Diet
In 300 B.C., Hippocrates noted that coarse brown bread produced a lot of feces and that this was good for us. Since that time we have accepted that roughage, or fiber in the diet, is important, but have a difficult time defining and measuring fiber. Read more
Cancer Risk Markers
Cancer Risk Markers Identifying dietary factors that affect cancer risk is more difficult than for other chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and osteoporosis because of the lack of well-defined intermediary markers that can be noninvasively measured. Read more
Potential of Bioactive Peptides in Prevention of Chronic Disease
Dietary proteins can be important sources of bioactive peptides with specific biological activities. As such, they can potentially be used in the prevention and treatment of agerelated chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer and obesity. Read more
Edamame: What is it? How do I cook with it?
The culinary world has discovered edamame, the Japanese name for fresh soybeans. These young pods of the soybean plant may have originated in eastern China and Manchuria. Not particularly popular in ancient times, Chinese emperors relegated edamame as food for the masses. Read more
A Soy Solution to Trans Fat
Agricultural technology leaders have begun to reap the harvest of years of research into ways to defeat the trans fat problem using better soybeans. Read more
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