Top 10 Benefits of Soya Oil In Your Diet

 
15-Oct-2010 by ifoodiee

Soya oil is simply remarkable for the dozens of health benefits that this miracle oil is famous for. There is no doubt that Soya oil is good for your health and I have here for you the Top 10 Benefits of Soya Oil In Your Diet. You will now understand why soya oil which is a product derived from soya bean has become more or less a permanent fixture in kitchens all over the world!!
 
Clear and healthy soya bean oilSoya oil, known as vegetable oil, is considered to be the best of all oils because of the low percentage of saturated oils in it and because it is cheap, healthy and has a high smoke point! Here are a few of the reasons why it is considered a miracle oil:
 

  1. Run away Cancer – Soya oil has a number of properties that make it an awesome fighter of cancer. Isoflavones in soy like genistein and daidzein are good antioxidants and deactivate free radicals that if left alone will initiate cellular mutations and lead to cancer. Also soya deters angiogenesis, which is the process of developing new blood vessels. When a tumor or cancer is developing in the body this process is kick started to provide blood vessels to help tumor growth and to take waste products away from it. Again the isoflavones does not allow this.
  2. Goodbye heart diseases: The isoflavones come into play again here. They help in reducing the probability of the incidence of cardiovascular problems as they inhibit the oxidation of cholesterol present in your body and thus has quiet a calming effect on mostly all blood lipid levels, including both total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. The high percentage of essential fatty acids like linoleic and linolenic acids also makes it the perfect oil for the heart.  As they reduce the risk of heart attacks by preventing the formation of blood clots.
  3. Take in the Calcium: The soy protein enhances calcium levels in your body by indirectly encouraging calcium retention.
  4. Guard your Blood vessels- As mentioned before the isoflavones and proteins in soy proteins reduces bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the body while maintaining the good cholesterol. This process in turn helps prevent the incidence of blood clots in blood vessels and thereby protect them. Soy isoflavones also increase arterial flexibility which prevents the  oxidation of cholesterol and thus helps to reduce heart disease risk
  5. A source of Phytochemical: Soy beans are a good source of phytochemicals or phytoestrogens which again are very good for your health.
  6. Fights Osteoporosis: Soy proteins have a healthy effect on postmenopausal women's bone density and mineral content. It has even been found in studies that isoflavone-enriched soy supplements help in improving women’s spinal bone density after or during menopause.
  7. Tones down menopausal symptoms: The soy phytoestrogens reduces the severity of various menopausal symptoms. The phytoestrogen is known for reducing the frequency of hot flashes in women who are approaching menopause.  
  8. Reduces kidney diseases: The soy protein helps in preventing kidney problems as they are easier on the kidneys than animal protein.
  9. Get that skin shining - Soybean oil helps you maintain a glowing and beautiful skin and keep the wrinkles away!! The antioxidants like Vitamin E and Vitamin B  as well as the fatty acids in the oil are responsible for this.
  10. Makes your food smell good- Soya oil like other oils do not give out a particular smell and often adds only a clean and natural taste to the food. It is also the perfect oil to make sauces like mayonnaise and for salad dressings.

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Comments

Stavros Grammatikakis says :

If this benefits are for soya oil then the olive oil must have one hundred benefits. Olive oil is the king of oils and the main ingredient of the famous Mediterranean diet. So I would like to suggest an excellent olive oil comes from Greece. It's "eleon", an organic extra virgin olive oil with excellent qualitative characteristics and surprisingly good price.
Posted on: 19 April 2011 - 12:54pm

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