Is drinking soy milk better than drinking milk?

Many people are asking whether soy milk can replace milk, and whether drinking soy milk is better than drinking milk. Let’s talk about the diet method of replacing milk with soy milk.

Compared with milk, soy milk has 5 major advantages:

1. Contains plant-based health ingredients, including soy isoflavones, soy saponins, soy polysaccharides, soy oligosaccharides, and others Polyphenols, etc. These are helpful in preventing many chronic diseases. These ingredients are not found in milk.

2. Contains vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids, low saturated fatty acid content, and does not contain cholesterol.

3. Contains dietary fiber. Soy milk contains mainly soluble fiber, while bean dregs contains a large amount of insoluble fiber. There is no dietary fiber in milk.

4. Low in calories, the ratio of protein to fat is 2:1, while milk is 1:1.

5. As a plant food, the risk of contamination of soybeans is much smaller than that of animal foods. After all, beans are difficult to fake, and making your own soy milk avoids any possible contamination and adulteration during processing.

Compared with milk, soy milk also has some disadvantages. Firstly, it has low calcium content. Secondly, it does not contain vitamin AD. Thirdly, the content of vitamins B2 and B6 is significantly lower than that of milk. Some people feel uncomfortable after drinking milk, and the same goes for soy milk. Some people are sensitive to oligosaccharides and anti-nutritional factors, and are prone to bloating and gas production. However, as long as the digestion and absorption function is normal, mild reactions will not cause obvious harm to health. The quantity can be controlled first, gradually increased, and eliminated after the intestinal tract adapts.

To give full play to the advantages of soy milk and make up for its shortcomings, you only need to pay attention to three points while drinking a bowl of soy milk every day:

1. Remember to be active in the sun for at least half an hour every day. Getting enough vitamin D can promote calcium absorption and strengthen bones.

2. Eat an egg every day, including the yolk, to obtain vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B2 and B6.

3. Eat half a piece of tofu, or a tablespoon of sesame paste and half a pound of vegetables to ensure the amount of calcium.

In fact, if you use soy milk instead of milk, you can still have a Western-style breakfast, such as bread sandwiches. Take a look at this breakfast:

Two slices of whole-wheat bread, spread thinly on one side with a small amount of salad dressing, soybean paste or spicy sauce, sandwich with 1 fried egg, 3 slices of cucumber, and lettuce 2 leaves; if you don’t like eggs, you can use spiced dried tofu slices or "beer meat slices" and other flavored soy products instead; 1 cup of light soy milk, just eat it with a sandwich; add a handful of small tomatoes or an orange.

In this way, you can enjoy the delicious taste and health care effects of soy milk, and basically achieve the nutritional quality of drinking milk. It can be said that you have the best of both worlds. Homemade soy milk can also be added with various health care ingredients, and it can also adapt to everyone's special health needs. The quality of various soy milk crystals, soy milk, soy flour and other products varies, and it is impossible to generalize.

Different people adapt to different foods due to differences in their physical constitution. Those who do not consume enough dietary fiber are prone to constipation. People who are prone to acne rashes, people with high blood lipids, and postmenopausal women may be more suitable to drink soy milk. Those who are thin and afraid of cold, people with indigestion and prone to bloating and diarrhea, and people with dry eyes and lack of vitamin A, may be more suitable to drink soy milk. Drinking soy milk is not as helpful as yogurt.

From an ecological point of view, a vegetarian life is more conducive to maintaining ecological balance and replacing milk with soy milk and soy products. And meat is an environmental benefit. In fact, the feed conversion rate of milk is much higher than that of meat. Even if you don’t drink milk, eating a lot of meat is not conducive to protecting the environment.

A thoughtful reminder: If you want to make your own soy milk, remember to buy domestic soybeans first! High-quality soybeans from the Northeast have less fat, high protein, and are rich in carotene. The quality of soybeans is far better than the genetically modified beans imported from the United States. Black soybeans from Shanxi are the best. The one in Hebei is also good.