Soy

What is Soy?

Soy or soybeans and sometimes referred to as soya beans is a plant native to Eastern Asia.

Is Soy Healthy?

Many arguments have been made whether Soy is actually healthy or unhealthy. Many say most forms of soy are actually more harmful than beneficial for health.

"Raw soy flour is known to cause pancreatic cancer in rats." [1]

"Most modern soy foods are not fermented to neutralize toxins in soybeans, and are processed in a way that denatures proteins and increases levels of carcinogens." [2]

Soy Oil Process?

Soy Oil is oil derived from soy beans. To produce soybean oil, the soybeans are cracked, adjusted for moisture content, rolled into flakes and solvent-extracted with commercial hexane. The oil is then refined, blended for different applications, and sometimes hydrogenated. Soybean oils, both liquid and partially hydrogenated, are exported abroad, sold as "vegetable oil," or end up in a wide variety of processed foods. The remaining soybean husks are used mainly as animal feed. [1]

According to the ancient Chinese, in 2853 BC the legendary Emperor Shennong of China named five sacred plants – soybeans, rice, wheat, barley, and millet. The origins of the soybean plant are obscure, but many botanists believe it to have derived from Glycine ussuriensis, a legume native to central China. The soybean has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component of drugs. Cultivation of the soybean, long confined chiefly to China, gradually spread to other countries. [1]