Some Health Benefits of Soy Sauce

Womenscorner Desk
September 24, 2020

Research on soy sauce and its components has found some potential health benefits, including:

May reduce allergies: 76 patients with seasonal allergies took 600 mg of a soy sauce component per day and showed improved symptoms. The amount they consumed corresponds to 60 ml of soy sauce per day.

Promotes digestion: A soy sauce broth was given to 15 people, resulting in increased stomach juice secretion, similar to the levels that can occur after ingesting caffeine. Increased stomach juice secretion is thought to help digestion.

Gut health: Some isolated sugars in soy sauce have been found to have a positive prebiotic effect on certain types of bacteria found in the gut. This could be beneficial for gut health.

Source of antioxidants: Dark soy sauce has been found to contain several strong antioxidants. It is unclear what the benefits may be in humans, though one study found positive effects on heart health.

Could promote the immune system: Two studies found that giving mice polysaccharides, a type of carbohydrate found in soy sauce, improved immune system responses.

May have anticancer effects: Multiple experiments on mice have shown soy sauce may have cancer- and tumor-inhibiting effects. More research is needed to see if these effects are also present in humans.

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May reduce blood pressure: Some varieties of soy sauce, such as salt-reduced or Korean ganjang, have been found to decrease blood pressure in mice. Studies in humans are still needed.

It should be noted that much of this research has only been done in animals or very small studies in people and used large doses of soy sauce or its components.

Therefore, while some of these results sound promising, it is too early to say whether soy sauce can contribute truly significant health benefits when it’s consumed at the level found in the average diet.

Source : Google