"Eat three qian of beans daily, and there's no need to take medicine for years." Modern nutrition also believes that eating beans daily can effectively help the body reduce fat content, enhance immunity, and lower the risk of disease.
Drinking soy milk twice a day can relieve hot flashes. Researchers at the University of Delaware studied 19 studies on soy and menopause. The research involved more than 1,200 female participants. The analysis found that compared to people who took a placebo daily, women who consumed 54 mg of soy isoflavones (metabolites formed during soybean growth, with a similar structure to estrogen, also known as phytoestrogens) for 6 weeks to 1 year had a 26% reduction in hot flashes; compared to women who rarely drank soy milk, those who drank it twice a day for more than 12 weeks could reduce their risk of hot flashes by three times.
Eating beans can help extend the lifespan of breast cancer patients. A new study from Tufts University in the USA shows that isoflavones in soy can slow the growth of breast cancer cells, and breast cancer patients who regularly eat soy have a longer survival period.
Eating beans aids in weight loss. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark found that eating beans (such as soybeans, cowpeas, fava beans, and peas) makes people feel more satisfied and full than eating meat (such as beef, lamb, and pork), and can help with weight loss.
Eating beans daily can reduce harmful cholesterol and lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada, found that eating beans daily can significantly reduce harmful cholesterol in the blood, which is very beneficial for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Researchers say that beans contain less animal protein and can effectively remove harmful cholesterol, playing a protective role for the cardiovascular system.
Eating soy and tomatoes together can inhibit prostate cancer. A new study from the University of Illinois in the USA found that eating tomatoes and soybeans together can effectively inhibit the occurrence of prostate cancer.
Researchers established a mouse model and fed them the following four diets: 1. All tomato powder; 2. All soy germ; 3. A combination of tomato powder and soy germ; 4. Neither was fed.
The results showed that eating tomato powder, soy germ, or a combination of the two could achieve the effect of inhibiting prostate cancer; however, in the group fed only tomato powder, 61% developed prostate cancer, in the group fed only soy germ, the proportion was 66%, while in the mouse model group fed both, the proportion that developed prostate cancer was only 45%.