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Soybeans no longer a musical fruit? |
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Soybeans may drop off the list of musical fruit. Scientists in Singapore are reporting victory over the ‘flatulence factor’ caused by indigestible sugars found in soy. In a study scheduled for the November 12 issue of ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they describe a method for significantly reducing the amount of flatulence-causing carbohydrates in soy yogurt while raising the levels of healthy antioxidants known as isoflavones. In the study, Dejian Huang and colleagues note that soy yogurt has a global market share of only 1.9%, even though it has a number of health advantages over dairy-based yogurt. That's partly because of the flatulence-causing compounds in soy. In order to develop a soy yogurt with reduced flatulence potential the researchers germinated black soybeans in the presence of a fungus that produced enzymes capable of degrading the undesired sugars without reducing the level of isoflavones. Source Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry First published in January 2009 Click here for more research reports |
