Do Soy Crisps Offer Health Advantage?

By Leslie Ball


The nutritionists are always asking us to consider healthier options for our diet. However, when you discover that you are now overweight or even obese, the advice from the nutritionists can no longer be ignored. At this time, the risk of getting the lifestyle diseases likes diabetes and heart diseases get higher than ever. All of a sudden, you have to let go of candies, French fries, and other snacks even if you crave for them. This is not easy at all. However, there is an alternative that comes with more benefits. Instead of forgetting about snacks completely, you should just replace them with the soy crisps that is low in calorie and comes with many health benefits normally associated with the soybean food products.

There is no significant difference in taste when you compare the potato chips and the crisps made from the soybean flour. In fact, you may not even realize that you are replacing the fries and other snacks you are used to. With high sodium content and several nutritional values, the crisps are gaining popularity across the whole population; from gym goers, athletes, to housewives.

The calorie continent is however very impressive, and it is particularly good if you are trying to cut down on your daily calorie intake. Once ounce of the crisps has 109 calories and only 2 grams of fats of which only 0.3 is saturated fats. Theoretically, the more the saturated fats you consume, the higher the risk of the heart diseases like diabetes.

This leaves 1.6 grams of unsaturated fats. Since more unsaturated fats mean lower cholesterol level in the body, it implies that you are less risk of getting diabetes. As though this is not enough, the soy foods do not contain any Trans fats. Normally, the bad cholesterol in the bloodstream increases with an increase in Trans fats and in the same manner, the level of good cholesterol decreases with an increase in the Trans fats. As such, it offers a solution through minimizing Trans fats in the body.

However, when it comes to protein content, the results are amazing. For a healthy woman, 46 grams of protein is recommended per day. For men, the recommended level is 56 grams per day. Surprisingly, a single ounce of this snack contains 7.5 grams of protein. This represents 16% of what is recommended for women and 13% for men. It also has 1 gram of fiber, which represents 5% of what is recommended for adults.

The level of minerals and vitamins is also impressive. One ounce contains 1.47 milligram of iron; an impressive 8% of a woman's daily requirement and 18% of a man's daily requirement. In addition to this, there is 17% of folic acid that you require per day.

The only caution comes when you have a condition (heart condition) that require that you monitor your sodium intake as a single ounce contain up to 10% of the recommended level for a healthy adult and 16% for those with heart conditions.

There are several flavors to cater for different interests. The cheddar, barbecue, and salted flavors are common. The texture is crunchy and the taste is great. However, you are better off serving them with some healthy options like the fresh vegetable sticks, guacamole, or hummus.




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