The internet today is dominated by information about supplements as well as nutrition products. This is mainly due to the fact that the population is waking up to the reality that the lifestyle diseases have reached an alarming rate. The obesity is a major issue today, and it affects people from all corners of our globe. It is associated with diabetes, heart failure and several other lifestyle diseases. In order to reverse the situation, soy products are emerging as some of most sought after remedies. However, most has been said about the proteins from soybeans, and very little about the
soy vitamins and how they are important for the proper body functions.
To start with, vitamin B12 is part of the B-complex vitamins. It plays a major role in cell division, DNA synthesis, and in nervous system function. When there is a deficiency in vitamin B12, the victim can be diagnosed with neurological damage as well as anemia that is caused by failure of proper blood cell formation.
This means that the some types of anemia that results from the failure of a proper division and formation of the blood cells are as a result of deficiency in vitamin B12. The same can be said of neurological damage and other conditions.
Just a single serving of soymilk or other soy products can produce up to half of the vitamin B12 that is recommended per day. This is why the nutritionists recommend it for all people, and particularly those who have limited diets of animal products like the vegans and the vegetarians.
Eating a raw carrot is common for many people, all who say that they are after the vitamin A that it is known for. Although this is true, vitamin A is found in plenty in most other plant based products, whether cooked or raw.
Vitamin B2 also known as Riboflavin is the other important vitamin you are guaranteed from the soybean products. This is a vitamin that has a big role to play on how the protein is used in the body. In addition to this, it determines the growth of body tissues like the eyes, skin and other tissues and the repair of the same tissues. Although it is available from a wide variety of diet including the fortified breakfast cereals, spinach, avocado, broccoli, yeast extract, meat, and almonds, soybeans remain the best source of this vitamin.
The Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is also the other common of the vitamins found in the soy products. It is used to help in the growth and repair the body tissues. In addition to this, it plays the main role in converting proteins to the usable amino acids in the body. The growth and repair of skin tissues, eye tissues and other tissues largely depends on the presence of vitamin B2.
In addition to the three vitamins, there are several other vitamins that are found in lesser quantities. However, the mineral like phosphorous that are necessary to help in using the B-complex, bone formation and conversion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats into energy also available in plenty in the soybean products. The same goes for potassium that plays a role in the regulation of body acidity.
