Monday, March 2, 2015

Understanding Differences Between Soy Vitamins And Soy Foods

By Beryl Dalton


People no longer feel confident about the foods they eat as their heads are filled with so much doubt and confusion on whether the food is healthy or not. Soy Vitamins supplements are some of the foods that are very beneficial to human health. Soy foods for instance have been exposed to so many myths that aren't true. There is quite a wide variety of soy products such as soy milk, soy beverages and foods. Nutritionists affirmed that you can actually use the soya as a dietary supplement or additive.

It is true as well that soy foods and isoflavones should be balanced in individuals' diets. Many people have wondered what the differences between soy protein and soy isoflavones are and whether soy group of organic compounds are capable of providing the full benefits of soy. This is a very good question, soy foods and soybean vitamins provide different benefits.

The main ingredients of the vitamins are the isoflavones of their extracts. On the other hand, soy foods are generally the combination of different food elements including minerals, any group of organic compounds, isoflavones proteins and saponins. To that point I believe you now differentiate the two.

In most cases, isoflavones appear in 'glycoside form' and while in this form, they easily attach themselves to glucose molecules in the human body. When digestion takes place, these molecules are eliminated by the human bacteria found in digestive tract. As a result, there is a formation of soy isoflavones, genistein, daidzen, and glycitein. This formation is commonly known as 'aglycone',

In the glycoside form, these isoflavones are naturally attached to a glucose molecule. Inside the human digestive tract, bacteria remove the glucose during digestion. As the glucose is removed the form of the isoflavones changes to the aglycone form. Most soy group of organic compounds will typically contain one or more of the mentioned isoflavones, which makes them great in the treatment of specific concerns.

Soy beans also comprises of proteins which made from building blocks joined together in a chain form. Soy protein is considered complete since it is made up of all the required amino acids in right proportion opposed to other types of proteins derived from plants. Animal proteins can have negative effects in the long run and hence it is advised to use the soy protein instead. The isoflavones remains a part of the proteins but can be removed anyway.

Other health benefits obtained from both soybean vitamins and isoflavones include reducing the risk of developing cancer. Isoflavones are known to be antioxidants and we all know that antioxidants are body protectors. They prevent the body from contracting various kinds of diseases especially cancer. In men, it reduces their risk of getting prostate cancer among others.

As you can see, soy protein and isoflavones, when combined, produce a much broader spectrum of health benefits. Supplementing with soybean vitamins also adds to the beneficial results. The benefits you receive from soy do not have to be limited due to the various methods involved in their preparation, but soy group of organic compounds can be used in addition to soy protein and isoflavones.




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