Adding a certain amount of soy sauce when cooking can enhance the aroma and color of food, thus increasing appetite.
The main ingredient in soy sauce is soybeans. Soybeans and their products are rich in minerals such as selenium, which have anti-cancer effects.
Soy sauce contains various vitamins and minerals, which can lower cholesterol, reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease, and reduce free radical damage to the body.
Anti-cancer effects: Soy sauce is a liquid condiment with a special color, aroma, and flavor, made from soybeans, wheat, or bran through microbial fermentation. It was once reported that the low incidence of stomach cancer in Japan was due to the Japanese people's love of soy sauce. Later, a research report from the University of Wisconsin in the United States confirmed this claim. Researchers fed mice the carcinogen nitrite while also feeding them soy sauce. The results showed that the more soy sauce the mice consumed, the lower their probability of developing stomach cancer. Breast cancer incidence is lower in women in Asian countries, while this type of malignant tumor is more common in the United States. Experts suggest this may be related to the fact that Asian women consume 30-50 times more soy sauce than women in Europe and America, resulting in greater absorption of flavonoids. Malignant tumors require new blood vessels to transport nutrients, and isoflavones can prevent the formation of new blood vessels, thus inhibiting tumor growth.
