Soy Health & Soy Nutrition
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Great-tasting, healthy foods shouldn’t require extensive planning and hours of preparation. To preserve the flavor of favorite meals and deliver a lot more health, make soybean oil an essential part of everyday cooking. It’s one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen:

• Contains virtually no flavor or aroma, allowing the clean, full flavors of other foods to stand out
• Flawlessly replaces oils higher in saturated fat in sautés and stirfries, maintaining the flavor and integrity of other ingredients
• Has a high smoking point (440°F), making it an excellent option for frying foods quickly and easily

So What Is Soybean Oil?
An all-natural oil extracted from whole soybeans, soybean oil accounts for about 75 percent of vegetable oil used in commercial and consumer cooking. Soybean oil’s light, golden appearance and neutral flavor make it an ideal ingredient for many types of cooking.

Most “vegetable oil” is actually soybean oil—just check the ingredients listed on the product label to be sure.

A Favorable Fatty Acid Profile
Fats and oils are a concentrated source of energy that perform a number of important functions in the body, including carrying fat-soluble vitamins to tissues and organs, supplying essential fatty acids for growth and development, insulating and protecting vital organs and producing healthy levels of cholesterol and hormones.

Unsaturated Fats
Appearing as either polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat, they reduce “bad” LDL cholesterol and keep “good” HDL cholesterol unchanged when replacing saturated fats in the diet. A serving of soybean oil contains 3 grams of monounsaturated fat and 8 grams of polyunsaturated fat.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Soybean oil is one of the few non-fish sources of omega-3s, and is the principle source in the U.S. diet. These polyunsaturated fatty acids positively affect overall cardiovascular health, including reducing blood pressure and preventing heart disease.

Vitamin E
This fat-soluble antioxidant vitamin prevents cell damage that may lead to diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Soybean oil is the principal commercial source of vitamin E in the U.S. diet.

Reap the health benefits of soybean oil with this delicious salad vinaigrette.

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Saturated Fats
Saturated fats tend to raise LDL cholesterol, and therefore increase the risk of heart disease, certain cancers and strokes. At 2 grams per serving, soybean oil contains less saturated fat than some other oils.

Trans Fats
Produced during the hydrogenation process to make a more stable, solid fat for food products, trans fats elevate “bad” LDL cholesterol and lead to increased risk of heart disease. Liquid soybean oil contains zero grams of trans fats per serving.

1/2 cup Soybean oil
1/2 cup Raspberries, fresh
1/4 cup Walnuts, toasted, chopped
1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup Water
3 tablespoons Red onion, minced
2 teaspoons Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/8 teaspoon Black pepper, ground




6 cups Mixed wild greens (5.5 oz bag)
1/4 cup Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup Walnuts, toasted
1/2 cup Raspberries, fresh