RESUMOA soja Glycine max (L.) Merrill é atualmente a leguminosa mais importante a nível mundial para produção de grãos, sendo cultivada em quase todas as regiões do planeta. Tem origem asiática, sendo consumida há séculos neste continente. Essa cultura é bastante estudada devido às suas propriedades nutricionais. Estudos realizadas no Japão e na China mostram que essas populações, que utilizam regularmente a soja na dieta, apresentam reduzidos índices de doenças coronárias e certos tipos de câncer, sendo a soja eficaz no controle de alguns fatores de risco associados às mesmas. O objetivo dessa revisão foi levantar informações na literatura científica sobre os efeitos do consumo da soja na alimentação humana. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Ásia, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, saúde. SOY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION: BRIEF APPROACH ON BENEFITS ABSTRACTThe soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill is currently the most important legume worldwide for grain production, It is cultivated in almost all regions of the world. It has Asian origin, and consumed the centuries in this continent. This culture is widely studied because of its nutritional properties. Studies conducted in Japan and China, show that these people who regularly use soy in their diet have lower rates of heart disease and certain types of cancer, with effective soybeans in control of some risk factors associated with them. The objective of this review was to gather information in the scientific literature on the effects of soy consumption in human food.
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