| From: | Lars Ericson lericson@****.edu |
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| Subject: | food |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:09:26 -0500 |
>
> At 00.09 08-26-99 -0500, you wrote:
> >What is soy, exactly?
>
> Soy bean protine (sp, I just woke up), either clonal or from hydroponic
> banks. Basically, the food component to tofu
I'm not a nutritionist, but I'm pretty sure that another unique feature
of soy beans is that it contains all the essential proteins that a
person needs. There are something like 8 proteins that the body cannot
manufacture. Rice and beans each give only half, but soy beans provide
all eight, making it a stand-alone meat substitute. There are already
vegetarian soy products in RL and soy fields are rapidly becoming a
replacement crop for many others because it can grow in more harsh
climates.
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