Soy milk is a beverage that brings quite high nutritional value to the body, it is also a delicious drink that many people love. However, consuming too much of this product can affect digestive function and make it difficult to absorb all the nutrients. So is drinking a lot of soy milk good?
1. What are the effects of soy milk?
Soy milk has been researched and proven to contain many nutrients necessary for the body. The effects of soybeans include:
• Providing essential vitamins and minerals: Soybeans contain vitamins such as B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B6), vitamin E, and is very rich in minerals such as Calcium, iron, Mg, K, Na, which are very good for the health of both children and adults.
• Providing essential nutrients: 100ml of soy milk provides about 3.1g of protein, 1.6g of fat, 0.4g of glucid. The protein in soy milk also contains all the amino acids necessary for the body. The fat in soybeans contains many unsaturated fatty acids, which are good for people who need to lose fat due to being overweight, obese, having cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.
• Low calorie content: About 100ml of soy milk provides the body with about 28 calories, while whole fresh milk is 62 calories. This helps limit weight gain, helps lose weight while still providing necessary nutrients.
• Soy milk also contains isoflavones, which help supplement estrogen for older women, prevent osteoporosis, and prevent breast cancer.
• Improve cardiovascular function: Soy milk helps reduce the supply of saturated fats in the body, especially helps reduce cholesterol in the blood. A substance that causes the formation of atherosclerotic plaques on the blood vessel walls, hindering blood circulation.
2. Is drinking a lot of soy milk good for you?
Soy milk is a highly nutritious product that is recommended, especially for people at risk or suffering from heart disease, this is a good choice. However, soy milk also contains a substance called isoflavone, which is similar to estrogen. Therefore, many people worry that supplementing soy milk can cause early puberty in children. However, in fact, this content in soybeans is very low, if you drink about 300 to 500 ml a day, it is equivalent to supplementing 30 to 50g of soy milk or sometimes lower, so the estrogen content in this milk is also insignificant, does not affect the endocrine development of the baby.
However, it is not advisable to drink more than 500ml of soy milk for adults and less than 300ml for children. Drinking too much soy milk can cause digestive disorders such as diarrhea, bloating, and poor nutrient absorption. Additionally, soy milk products often contain added sugar, and consuming too much can lead to an excessive sugar intake, increasing the risk of diabetes.
3. Notes when using soy milk
To use soy milk in the best way, ensuring the necessary nutrition while not causing any health effects, it is necessary to note:
• Do not drink unboiled soy milk: Unboiled soy milk contains trypsinogen inhibitors, saponins and some other harmful compounds. When boiled, these compounds will decompose, greatly reducing the effects on the body. Therefore, do not drink raw or unboiled soy milk.
• Do not store milk in a kettle: The temperature in a thermos or kettle is not suitable for soy milk, it can cause bacteria to attack quickly. This makes the milk sour and spoil after only a few hours. Milk should be stored in the refrigerator for the longest shelf life.
• Limit the use of sugar mixed with soy milk and especially brown sugar: Brown sugar contains many organic acids that combine proteins and calcium to form other compounds that destroy the nutrients of soy milk, reducing the body's absorption and digestion of this milk.
• Should drink soy milk with starch-containing products: To increase the body's ability to absorb essential nutrients, you should use it with bread, dumplings, after eating rice...
• Avoid consuming soy milk with eggs: Because the ingredients in soy can combine with the protein of egg whites, leading to a decrease in nutritional value. Avoid eating at the same time.
• Avoid excessive consumption: As analyzed, consuming too much soy milk is not good for the body. Therefore, adults should only limit it to less than 500ml/day.
• Do not use soy milk to take medicine: Medicine should only be taken with plain water, avoid using any other solvent to take medicine, including soy milk. Because the ingredients in it can interact with drugs causing negative effects on the body.
In addition, using soy milk can prevent the body from absorbing zinc. Therefore, you need to add zinc to your diet and should use it far from soybeans.
Soy milk is very good for the body, however, drinking a lot of soy milk is also unnecessary and not good for the body. Therefore, we should only supplement a sufficient amount to avoid the negative effects of soy milk and should also supplement nutrients from other food sources
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