Soy???????????

Question

What exactly is soy, please explain

Answer 1

What they mean is soybean.
It's a bean.
Just like a kidney bean.
Garbanzo bean... nothing special.
The only reason anyone talks about it is because it is a HUGE crop food, mainly fed to animals.

If we fed all those beans to people instead of animals, no human would go hungry. Just with the beans grown in the USA alone, could feed every starving person on the planet.

Answer 2

Some say Soy and some say Soya.. It's Soyabeans or Soybeans they are about 93% protein. Much more healthier for one than any meat items! It depends how it's processed for it's
taste. Have you every had chop suey? Didn't you use Soya Sauce on that? Well Soya Sauce is soya or Soy! Not at all like milk rather better for a salt substitute.

Answer 3

Its a bean (the soya bean) it can be processed into many different things depending on what part of the bean you use. for example tofu (also refereed to as bean curd) and soy sauce. Its a great source of protein and epidemiological studies have shown that women with a high intake of soy do not suffer from menopausal symptoms.

Answer 4

The soybean is a species of legume (dry fruit). The beans can be processed in a variety of ways. Common forms of soy include soy meal, soy flour, soy milk, tofu, textured vegetable protein (TVP, which is made into a wide variety of vegetarian foods, some of them intended to imitate meat), tempeh, soy lecithin and soybean oil. Soybeans are also the primary ingredient involved in the production of soy sauce.
Immature soybeans may be boiled whole in their green pod and served with salt, under the Japanese name edamame.

Soybeans are generally considered to be a good source of complete protein, without any need for Protein combining. For this reason, soy is a good source of protein, for many vegetarians and vegans or for people who cannot afford meat.

The dramatic increase in soyfood sales is largely credited to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of health claims for soy in which studies are conflicting to their cholesterol lowering ability

Answer 5

See...what happened was this...

2.3 million years ago, a proto planet called Namasoyu crashed into planet Earth, and deposited many spores from the unfortunate extraterrestrial cataclysm unto the planet Earth. These were once living, breathing organisms, but not capable of much activity or thought. They called themselves the Soyu. The Soyu adapted to Terra, and spores became plant. Plant became the bean revered (mainly by Vegans) as Soy.

It is rumored that the Soyu have infiltrated and somewhat sabotaged the neurological innerworkings of certain humans, and certain humans are more susceptible to the influence of the Soyu spores, even to this day...they are unknowingly infected and they band together in tiny, delusional covens and label themselves Vegans.

Normal humanoid population find that the soy processed product, and it's seed, commonly known as "edamame" (Japanese for "those who came from the protoplanet and crashed into Earth") is quite unpalatable and frankly...gross, while Vegans rave and rave on and on about it. Soy sauce and various other fermented soy products are palatable to the normal human organism, and the oil is acceptable in minute proportions. However, the tofu is best avoided by the normal humanoid creature.

In short, soy is the food of the intelligent beings that released their spores into humans and transformed them into the Soyu. They need it to live. Think a combo of "Invasion of the bodysnatchers" and that one ep of Star Trek where the spores of that strange flower on that outpost planet made everyone's behavior change.

Answer 6

Soy is a bean with 90% complete protein.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007204.htm

Answer 7

soy is a type of bean [soya bean] which tastes almost like milk.
Soy can be made into milk, tofu, and sauces.
It's a substitute for cow milk if you're allergic or is forbidden to take cow's milk

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy

Answer 9

It is a high salt ingredient like Worcestershire sauce that adds flavour to your meal.

Cut down on the salt you add if you are using them.

I like Kejtup Manis with white rice.

Answer 10

It is a Spanish word; as in "yo no soy marinero (I am not a sailor)."