It’s one thing to know the health benefits of soy. It’s another entirely to find tasty ways to include it in your everyday diet. The Cleveland Clinic, one of the top hospitals in America and a leader in coronary care, has some ideas.
Soy, which reduces cholesterol and promotes cardiac health, can be found in grocery stores in all kinds of permutations such as tofu, soybean curd, soy milk and cheese and soy burgers. Other products include tempeh, soy yogurt and butter, roasted soy nuts, soy flour and fresh or canned dry soybeans.
To take advantage of soy’s health benefits, start adding soy to your menu twice a week and build up to at least 25 grams per day. You can do this by adding tofu cubes to soups, stews and stir-fry recipes.
Try grilled soy burgers or hotdogs, and top them with a slice of soy cheese. Substitute frozen soy crumbles for ground beef in recipes and taco fillings, use canned soybeans in salads, soups and chili and add soymilk to cereal and recipes that call for milk. With so many choices, there’s only one thing’s for sure: there are a million delicious ways to get your daily soy!
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