Soy milk is a great invention of the Orient, and its nourishing effect on women is particularly significant. Modern people highly value health and advocate for green foods. Today, in many cities, a soy milk craze has started. Soy milk stalls, shops, and supermarket shelves are all common places to find soy milk, making it a must-have breakfast drink for many women.
Fresh soy milk originated in China and is said to have been first created by Liu An, the King of Huainan during the Western Han Dynasty. Liu An was a very filial son. When his mother was ill, he ground soy milk from soaked soybeans for her to drink every day. His mother's illness quickly improved, and since then, soy milk gradually became popular among the people.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Soy milk — promotes urination, descends qi, controls various wind-heat syndromes, and resolves various toxins." "Yannian Milu" also records that soy milk "nourishes the skin, improves complexion, fills the bone marrow, increases strength, and supplements deficiency to improve appetite." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that regular consumption of soy milk is greatly beneficial to the body!
The effect of soy milk on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system
As a daily beverage, soy milk contains special health factors with significant health benefits, such as soybean saponins, isoflavones, and soybean oligosaccharides. Regular consumption of soy milk can maintain a normal nutritional balance, comprehensively regulate the endocrine system, lower blood pressure and blood lipids, reduce the burden on the cardiovascular system, increase heart vitality, optimize blood circulation, protect the cardiovascular system, and has effects such as gently tonifying the liver and kidneys, anti-cancer, and enhancing immunity. Therefore, some scientists call soy milk the "cardiovascular health liquid."
Soy milk and diabetic patients
Most diabetes is caused by the long-term accumulation of unscientific diets. Improper diets often affect the absorption of elements such as magnesium, phosphorus, copper, zinc, chromium, cobalt, and germanium, ultimately leading to the onset of diabetes. Recently, foreign scholars have confirmed through research that soybean beverages have a blood sugar-lowering effect. Soy milk is an extremely valuable food for diabetic patients because consuming soybeans rich in water-soluble fiber helps control blood sugar.
Fresh soy milk and beauty care for women
Scientific research believes that the loss of youth in women is closely related to the decrease in estrogen. Modern nutritional research believes that in addition to containing plant estrogens, fresh soy milk also contains substances such as soy protein, isoflavones, and lecithin, which have a certain preventive effect on certain cancers like breast and uterine cancer, making it a natural estrogen supplement. At the same time, soy milk also contains a plant estrogen found in milk, "daidzein," which can regulate the function of the female endocrine system. Drinking 300-500 milliliters of fresh soy milk daily can significantly improve women's mood and physical condition, delay skin aging, and achieve the goal of beauty and skin care.
Here are a few recommended healthy soy milk recipes, suitable for both men and women:
Recommendation 1: Honey Beauty Soy Milk
Ingredients: 40g dried soybeans, 35g mung beans, 40g honey
Method: After soaking and washing the soybeans and mung beans thoroughly, place them in the filter cup of a "Quan Ying Yang Xing" soy milk machine. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pitcher, start the machine, and the soy milk will be ready in about ten minutes. Let it cool slightly, then stir in honey.
Benefits: Moisturizes the five organs, beautifies and moistens the intestines, and replenishes qi and blood.
Recommendation 2: Longevity Five-Bean Soy Milk
Ingredients: Soybeans, black beans, green beans, peas, and peanuts in a 3:1:1:1:1 ratio.
Method: Combine the five beans in the specified ratio, soak for 6-12 hours, then wash. Place 1/2 to 2/3 of the mixture into the filter cup of a "Quan Ying Yang Xing" soy milk machine. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pitcher, start the machine, and it will automatically cook and be ready to drink in about ten minutes.
Benefits: Rich in a variety of nutrients. Long-term consumption can lower cholesterol levels in the human body and has certain therapeutic effects on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, and diabetes. It also has effects such as gently tonifying the liver and kidneys, preventing aging and cancer, lowering lipids and blood sugar, and enhancing immunity, making it very suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.
Recommendation 3: Red Date and Goji Berry Soy Milk
Ingredients: 60g dried soybeans, 15g red dates, 10g goji berries
Method: After soaking, wash the soybeans. Remove the pits from the red dates and wash them. Wash the goji berries. Place 1/2 to 2/3 of the mixture into the filter cup of a "Quan Ying Yang Xing" soy milk machine. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pitcher, start the machine, and it will automatically cook and be ready to drink in about ten minutes.
Benefits: Tonifies deficiency and qi, calms the mind and tonifies the kidneys, improves myocardial nutrition, and is beneficial for patients with cardiovascular diseases, enhancing the body's immune function.