Who should not drink soy milk? (2024)

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Soy milk is a nutritious drink, loved by many people, but not everyone should drink it. People with stomach and intestinal problems, people with gout, people taking antibiotics, people after surgery should not drink too much soy milk.

1. Who should not drink soy milk?

Soy milk is rich in plant proteins and phospholipids, it is also high in vitamins B1, B2 and niacin. Soy milk also contains many minerals such as iron and especially calcium. Although it does not contain as much calcium as tofu, soy milk contains more calcium than any other milk. In the summer, drinking soy milk can quench thirst, quench thirst, and prevent dehydration. Sun stroke.
Soy milk is a very nutritious and healthy drink. According to Traditional Medicine, soy milk has the effect of clearing waste, sputum, reducing blood fat, lowering blood pressure for people with high blood pressure. Drinking a cup of soy milk every day is said to have a certain effect in the prevention of colon cancer, especially for people with diabetes, has a good effect on reducing blood sugar.
According to traditional medicine, soybeans have natural and beneficial properties, so people with bad spleen and stomach, or bloating, gas, belching, heartburn, easy to go out, and people with symptoms Kidney damage, spermatorrhea, nocturia, etc. should not drink soy milk, because it is easy to make the above symptoms worse.
1. 1. People with gastritis, the intestines are not good Soy milk is cold, so it is not suitable for people with poor intestines, people with poor intestinal tract that drink soy milk often have problems such as pain stomach, belching, bloating.
In the composition of soy milk, there are substances that can stimulate the stomach to excrete more acid, which is not good for the stomach. Therefore, people who are suffering from acute and chronic gastritis should limit their intake of soy milk as well as limit their intake of soy-based foods to avoid aggravating the condition.
Soy milk is under the effect of a catalyst capable of producing gas in the digestive tract, so it will cause bloating, gas, people with diarrhea it is best not to drink soy milk.
1. 2. People with gout In soy milk contains purine, when you can't metabolize it all, purine accumulates causing some symptoms that make gout patients feel even more painful. That is why people with symptoms of gout should not drink a lot of soy milk and soy products.
1. 3. People taking antibiotics Antibiotics containing erythromycin should not be taken with soy milk. Because when erythromycin combines with soy milk can cause a chemical reaction, forming another substance that reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics. Therefore, you absolutely should not drink soy milk immediately after taking antibiotics, it is best to wait about 1 hour.
1. 4. People with breast cancer People with a history of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer should not drink soy milk. This may be because soy contains phytoestrogens, which act like estrogen and can make these cancer cells grow faster.
1. 5. People with kidney stones The oxalate in soy milk is very easy to combine with calcium in the blood to create kidney stones. Therefore, people with kidney stones should not drink soy milk.

1. 6. Zinc deficiency In soy milk contains inhibitors that are hormone saponin and lectin, these substances are not good for your body. The best way to deal with these substances is that you need to boil soy milk, and if you drink soy milk for a long time, remember to add trace elements zinc.
1. 7. Patients in the recovery period after surgery Patients after surgery or those who are sick often have very weak health, liver function, kidney function, stomach, intestinal tract. ...also weak, so it's best not to drink soy milk. Because soy milk has welding properties, it can easily cause abdominal pain and some other symptoms when health is not good.
1. 8. Pregnant Women Women during pregnancy and breastfeeding, should only use a little soy milk and use when necessary. If you consume a lot of soy while pregnant, it can be dangerous to the development of the fetus.

2. What food is soy milk incompatible with?

2. 1. Do not mix eggs with soy milk Many people have a habit of whisking eggs into soy milk or drinking soy milk with eggs because they think that doing so can increase nutrients. The reality is completely opposite to that thought, because egg whites combined with trypsin yeast in soy milk will form a precipitate that makes it difficult for your body to absorb, moreover it also loses nutrients. inherent nutrients of eggs and soy milk.
2. 2. Do not add red sugar when cooking soy milk You should not add red sugar to soy milk. Because red sugar contains many organic acids such as acetic acid, lactic acid, ... which combine with proteins and calcium to form denatured compounds that lose the nutrients of soy milk. , and at the same time affects the body's ability to absorb and digest.

3. Some other notes when drinking soy milk

3. 1. You should not drink too much soy milk at one time For adults, should not drink more than 500ml of soy milk at one time. If you drink too much, it can easily lead to abdominal pain and diarrhea because the nutrients in soy milk are not fully absorbed, adversely affecting the digestive tract.
3. 2. You shouldn't drink soy milk on an empty stomach If you drink soy milk on an empty stomach, most of the protein in it will change into heat and will be consumed in the body, which may not work. its nutrition.
Instead, you should eat some starchy foods when drinking milk, such as bread, steamed bread, cakes, ... Under the influence of starch, the protein in soy milk completely has can react with gastric juice and help nutrients to be completely absorbed by the body.
3. 3. You should not drink uncooked soy milk Uncooked soy milk is bad for your health. The reason is because it contains two types of toxic substances, they will lead to protein metabolism disorders and cause irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, leading to symptoms such as poisoning. The way to prevent the risk of poisoning when drinking soy milk is very simple, that is to boil the milk at a high temperature below 100 degrees Celsius.
3. 4. You should not put soy milk in the thermos You should not Put soy milk in thermos or thermos because bacteria are easy to grow in soy milk at warm temperatures. In addition, after cooking for 3 to 4 hours, soy milk will be degraded, it affects the digestive process of the body, so it cannot be used anymore.
In short, although soy milk is a very good drink for the body, you should not drink too much. In addition, you should drink cooked soy milk (at a temperature of 80 - 90 degrees Celsius) to ensure safety for health. If you are suffering from the above health conditions, you should limit your intake of soy milk, to avoid making the symptoms worse.
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