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Are They Really Good Soy Beverages
Nutrition
“I’ve heard that soy milk is very good and helps the body stay healthy. However, my question is whether to replace cow’s milk, without it causing me a change of nutrients that provide the traditional dairy. Is I can completely replace or must switch the two? “I can give is also to my children?”
Then the response of the experts on whether soy drinks are really good to lead a healthy nutrition.
The so-called soy milk is a totally different cow’s milk is therefore not comparable. The soy beverage is made from raw soaked beans, which are extracted by grinding in water at high temperature, so that its origin is plant, while cow’s milk has its origin in the animal kingdom.
In relation to the nutrients they provide, there are differences in both quantity and bioavailability (capacity utilization by the body) of key nutrients for proper bone formation and physical growth, such as calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A and D and proteins. These nutrients are not found in sufficient quantity in the soy drink, so that their children would be advisable to replace the consumed milk.
Flavored soy drink “natural”, in turn differ in nutritional content of fruit flavored versions, with a higher intake of sugars and less protein in the latter, further distinguished from cow’s milk, and it is precisely the fiutal flavor that they love children.
Currently, these soy beverages in general are fortified with various vitamins and minerals to improve their nutritional density, making it more nutritious drink a juice commercial. They can be consumed by children and adults but I recommend not replacing any milk, but as a complementary drinking.