Soybean A Versatile Plant- Food, Health and Nutrition

Soybean, Nutrition and Health

Soybean protein is one of the least expensive sources of dietary protein [3]. Soybean protein is considered to be a good substituent for animal protein [4], and their nutritional profile ex‐ cept sulfur amino acids (methionine and cysteine) is almost similar to that of animal protein because soybean proteins contain most of the essential amino acids required for animal and human nutrition. Rese...

Food, Nutrition and Health

Food, Nutrition, and Cancer

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Nutrition and Food Sciences: Fascinating and Challenging

Food companies and nutrition for better health.

There is now broad acceptance that the future success of global health depends to a large extent upon sound nutrition and physical activity policies. Work with colleagues while at the WHO convinced me that such policies need to be developed and implemented in partnership with the corporate food sector if they are to achieve maximum impact. Soon after accepting my position at PepsiCo, Ricardo Ua...