According to Dr. Jenkins from the University of Toronto, previous studies have shown that various foods, such as nuts, soy protein, oat bran, and plant sterols all can have a cholesterol-lowering effect, and by combining all these foods together, we can have a much better diet. That’s what we name as ‘Portfolio Diet‘.

The guidelines that Portfolio Diet wants you to abide by are as follows:

1. Increase the use of soy by substituting it with your routine food items, i.e. substitute soy foods for mea, drink soy milk instead of milk and substitute soy protein foods for other meats.
2. Increase the use of sticky fiber.Use Oats and barley to replace other grains. Include eggplant and okra.
3. Add plant sterol-enriched margarines, such as benecol in your diet. You can also go for plant sterols in capsule form as dietary supplements, but former one is a fair better option.
4. Do have a handful of nuts every day.

Soy, which is also, called soymilk, Soya milk, soybean milk, soybean milk, or soy drink is a beverage produced from soybeans. Diabetes is a disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and related insulin deficiency. Diabetes is one of the only diseases where your food plays a part in treatment. The kind of food you eat can affect your blood glucose level.

As diabetes demands a complete lifestyle change, it is often a difficult disease to come to terms with – both physically and emotionally.

Sugar or diabetes, is a disorder that impairs the body’s natural blood glucose or blood sugar regulation process. It is essential for people with diabetes to manage a balanced food intake and exercise regularly to maintain normal blood sugar levels.

Soy and fruit, which are enriched in yogurts, could find an important role in the management of diabetes and high blood pressure. You have to Stick with very lean meats and vegetable proteins such as soy products. The other soy products, which can also help us, are protein Bars, protein Shakes, Soy coffee, Soy nut etc. If you follow a healthy diet plan, which has the right balance of carbohydrates and proteins, you’ll be able to lose weight while responsibly managing your diabetes; Soy also maintains the bone density after menopause.

In diabetes you have to take product, which are rich in proteins. So soy protein reduce the production of black fatty acid and cholesterol.

Soybeans have a really good composition that includes of 42% of protein, 33% carbohydrates and only 20% fat. Not only Diabetes but many health benefits are attributed to soy like decreasing cholesterol level and decreasing the risk of heart diseases but recently, research has shown that soy products have a great impact on cancer prevention. Looks like soy products have the ability to fight with cancer and have the ability to interfere with development of cancerous tumors.

Soy contains a large amount of phytochemicals.The phytochemicals in soy protein are a number of polyphenols that is also known as isoflavones. Phytochemicals are developed by nature for the protection of plants against insects that cause damage to the plants, it is also used for protection of diseases and environmental stress for the plants. These Phytochemical molecules are the substance or the thing that gives fruits and vegetables their brilliant colors, give the smell to garlic and great taste to tea.

The list of Soy products according to their isoflavones are as under:

1. Soybean flour is very high in polyphenols and in proteins also and is made from roasted soybeans that were grounded into a fine powder. It is also used in making a variety of daily products such as baked goods and breads.
2. Soybeans are first dry roasted, then lightly boiled and then they can be eaten.
3. Miso is a fermented paste that is made from soybeans and a fermenting agent based on rice.
4. Soy sauce is made from soybeans that are fermented and mixed with other ingredients. Since soy sauce is fermented only a tiny amount of the polyphenols remain.
5. Soybean oil soybean oil have been highly refined and hydrogenated and it contains no polyphenols. Soybean oil can be used in cooking because of its high boiling point.

By eating a healthy balanced diet and eating soy products our body can have a number of phytochemicals that is good for cancer prevention.