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Putting soy in your diet

New guidelines for managing Use Sample meal plan coronary heart disease from the US instead of other beans Here's a sample meal plan with Food and Drug Administration call • In chili and soup the recommended 25 grams of soy for including 25 grams of soy • With rice and pasta protein: protein in your diet every day. • In stir-fry dishes • Breakfast: 1 cup plain Research indicates that • Roasted ("soy nuts"), as a snack (8 grams soy protein) over cereal helps lower cholesterol without or sprinkled over salads or and in coffee instead of low-fat serious adverse effects. desserts milk Given the variety of soy products • Lunch: 1/2 cup black soybeans now available, you can substitute Foods with soy protein (9 grams soy protein) sprinkled soy products for foods you normally over a tossed salad Read the label. Not all soy foods eat and drink. contain the same amount of soy • Dinner: 1 soy burger (10 grams protein. Read the label to ensure soy protein) on a bun Use soy milk enough soy protein per serving, to instead of a ground beef burger instead of milk and cream get the recommended 25 grams • As a coffee "creamer" each day. Websites with more • Over breakfast cereal information about soy • In cake, cookie, and muffin Soy Food Grams of and soy products: recipes soy protein per serving www.talksoy.com To substitute more gradually, mix 8 oz soy milk 6-8 United Board with milk, gradually increasing 8-1 the proportion of soy milk 4 oz www.soyohio.org 16 4 oz Ohio Soybean Council 1 patty soy breakfast 6.5 Use textured soy protein, u ,, sausage www.sovfoods.com tofu, and tempeh instead 1/2 cup black soybeans 9 Indiana Soybean Board of meat 12 1/4 cup soy nuts www.ilsoy.org • In chili and soup (roasted soybeans) Illinois Soybean Association • In sausage or patty form with 2 tablespoons 8 breakfast soy nut butter www. m ichigansoy bean. org • In spaghetti sauce, Sloppy Joes, Michigan Soybean Association tacos, and burritos • In stir-fry dishes To substitute more gradually, use as meat "extender"

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