FDNS 4600 1st Edition Lecture 29Outline of Past Lecture I. Functional FoodsII. Categories of Foods Marketed as Functional in US?III. PhytochemicalsIV. For ExamOutline of Current LectureI. Soy ProteinII. Soy Formula: Infants (AAP)III. Health Claim on Soy Foods: US FDAIV. Health Claims on soy foods: other countriesCurrent LectureI. Soy Proteina. Complete protein means it has all the essential amino acids present and soy is a complete protein.b. Health claim for soy is based on the soy protein.c. It also has a lot of different nutrients even though the other nutrients are not theprimary reason someone eats soy.d. Why is reading the label important??i. It is one of the most common foods that people are allergic to.II. Soy Formula: Infants (AAP)a. Soy milk is an option for infants if mothers cannot breast feed and if they have anallergy to cows milk.b. Even though soy is nutritionally equal, it is recommended lastly because of the possible allergy.c. There is some controversy over using soy milk for infants because of the hormone components in soy.III. Health Claim on Soy Foods: US FDAa. The food needs to have 6.25 grams of soy per protein for the food to have the health claim.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.b. The health claim is “Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease. One serving of (name of the food) provides (blank) grams of soy protein.”c. Isoflavone health claim was rejected because there was not enough research to support its nutritional value. d. Many researchers are questioning the actual nutritional value of soy, so the health claim may be taken away. IV. Health Claims on soy foods: other countriesa. Because of hypocholesterolemic effects of soy protein i. Decreases LDL-cholesterol ~ 4%ii. Rejected concerns soy foods might be harmful (except for soy allergy)iii. Good for normal cholesterol, but not if there is high cholesterolb. The European-FSA rejected “soy protein” health claims.c. Important to know that people can look at the same body of evidence and come to different
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