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Are Soybeans Great ?

Are Soybeans Great ?. Keiji Imazato Economic Botany Fall 2009. Introduction. Chinese and Japanese call soybeans “ great beans .” Many traditional food products Tofu, soy sauce, miso Used for traditional event Economical importance Nutritional Value Many uses. Soybeans.

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Are Soybeans Great ?

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  1. Are Soybeans Great? KeijiImazato Economic Botany Fall 2009

  2. Introduction • Chinese and Japanese call soybeans “great beans.” • Many traditional food products • Tofu, soy sauce, miso • Used for traditional event • Economical importance • Nutritional Value • Many uses

  3. Soybeans • Scientific Name : Glycine max (L.) Merr. • Characteristics : • Duration : Annual • Active growth period : Summer • Origin : East Asia

  4. Annual Food Crop Consumption Per Capita (kg)

  5. World Soybean Production • Total Production - 219.8 Metric Tons • United States Production - 70.4 Tons Mostly Produced In North and South America

  6. Global Soybeans Trade • Soybeans trade is promoted by developing countries vegetable oil use. • Increasing soybean meals for healthy foods.

  7. One Cup of Cooked Soybeans (172g) Have…

  8. Nutritional Values • Contain all the essential amino acidsequally for human. • Very easily to be digested. • Growing children to aid growth and development. • Excellent food for diabetes. • Contain lecithin • Excellent for mental fatigue • Protection against cholesterol deposition • Highly valuable for many other diseases • Contain estrogen • Prevent breast cancer and heart attack

  9. Negative Effects • Contain small amounts of trypsininhibitors • increase risk for pancreatic damage and cancer • Hemagglutinins • cause clots to form and travel to the lungs • Goitrogens • block thyroid function to increase need for that hormone All these negative effects caused by the huge amount of soybeans consumption!

  10. Soybeans Oil • Economically the most important soybean product. • Population increase and increasing industrial oil uses by developing countries promote the production of soybeans oil.

  11. Other Products SOYJOY Protein Powder

  12. Products Cont. Tofu Soy Sauce

  13. Products Cont. Miso …and STINK

  14. Conclusion • Economically Important • Healthy • Convenient Soy Beans are Great!!

  15. References • http://english.mifaff.go.kr/USR/WPGE0201/m_427/DTL.jsp • http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=79#nutritionalprofile • http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GLMA4 • http://www.soystats.com/2008/page_30.htm • http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/baseline/trade.htm • http://hubpages.com/hub/Health_Benefits_of_Soybean • http://stanford.wellsphere.com/exercise-article/soybean-products-healthful-or-harmful/329218 • http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/50606028/Soy_Protein_Powder.html • http://www.soyjoy.com/images/static_soyjoy.jpg

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