Soy, Soy Foods and Their Role in Vegetarian Diets.

摘要: Soy is a basic food ingredient of traditional Asian cuisine used for thousands years. In Western countries, soybeans have been introduced about hundred years ago and recently they are mainly surrogate foods production. soy common nutritional solutions vegetarians, due to their high protein content versatility in the production meat analogues milk substitutes. However, there some doubts potential effects on health, such as effectiveness cardiovascular risk reduction or, conversely, possible disruption thyroid function sexual hormones. The components that stimulated most research interest isoflavones, which polyphenols with estrogenic properties highly contained soybeans. this review, we discuss characteristics foods, focusing nutrient content, including phytoestrogens other bioactive substances noteworthy largest consumers countries. safety use will also be discussed, given growing trend adoption vegetarian styles new soy-based availability.