Soybean is one of China's important food crops, with a history of 5,000 years of cultivation, and is the main producing area in Northeast my country. Soybeans are equivalent to eggs and are an important source of human high-quality protein. Soybeans can be processed into tofu, soy milk, yuba and other soy products, and soy isoflavones can be extracted. Soy isoflavones are the main active ingredients in soybean extracts, which are mainly prepared from soybean meal and germ.
Soy isoflavones are one form of plant compounds. Because its molecular weight and structure are similar to human female hormones, it is also called phytoestrogens. And because of this name, many people think that it is not recommended for men to drink more soybean milk, because soybean milk contains estrogen, and men will have feminine features such as breast growth and lack of beard when they drink it. So is this statement correct?
The answer is abosolutly negative. Soy isoflavones are a class of substances produced by soybeans to resist unfavorable factors in the growth environment. They exist as antioxidants in plants. And because the molecular structure is similar to human estrogen, soy isoflavones can bind to human estrogen receptors and have certain estrogenic activity with very weak estrogenic effects. And soy isoflavones play a role in mimicking, interference, and two-way regulation in the body. If a person's estrogen level is too high, isoflavones can let it down. If a person's estrogen level is too low, isoflavones can add a little bit of estrogen. Regardless of men and women, isoflavones help maintain stable estrogen levels and are good for health.
As a phytoestrogens, soy isoflavones not only improve menopausal symptoms, but also reduce the risk of breast cancer, which is beneficial to women. It can also reduce the risk of prostate cancer and tumors. In general, soy isoflavones are a substance that is beneficial to the human body, reducing cholesterol and reducing the risk of heart disease, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and its antioxidant properties can It prevents the human body from being damaged by free radicals and improves immunity. It also has the effect of nourishing the stomach and spleen and protecting the nervous system.
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