SOYBEANS, SOY-BASED PRODUCTS AND HEART HEALTH

Trong Hung NGUYEN, Le Hoang Duy, Thi Nhung NINH, Thi Dzung PHAM, Ngoc Khai PHAM

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Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world as well as in Vietnam with an increasingly younger trend. One of the main causes leading to cardiovascular diseases is improper diet and living activities. Soybeans and soy-based foods have been used for a long time in Asian countries. Soybean seeds contain many valuable nutritional components such as protein, oil (mainly unsaturated fatty acids), carbohydrates, minerals, fiber, phytosterols, ... For more than 40 years, soy foods have been studied for many health benefits, especially for cardiovascular disease based on three main components: protein, oil and isoflavones with different mechanisms of action. In this review, we present the overview of the published data on the contribution of nutritional components of soybeans and soy products on cardiovascular health. With these research results, soy products play an important role in a healthy diet to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

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