据调查,亚洲人的乳房癌和前列腺癌的发病率要比西方人低得多,日本人的决定于激素的癌症死亡率也较低。原因是亚洲人比西方人更喜欢吃豆制品,而豆制品中包含的植物化学物质异黄酮则有抗癌作用。那末,亚洲人又为什么比西方人更喜欢吃豆制品呢?说来有趣,这也许在于东西方饮食习惯的差异。因为亚洲人视豆制品为重要的传统食品,但西方人则嫌大豆食味不佳而不爱吃。 西方人认为豆制品有3种不好的味道,即大豆腥味、苦味和涩味。据分析,大豆腥味是由于脂肪氧合酶的作用而产生的。苦味和涩味则主要是由皂角苷和异黄酮所产生。大豆中主要 According to the survey, the incidence of breast cancer and prostate cancer in Asians is much lower than that in Westerners, and the Japanese have a lower cancer death rate due to hormones. The reason is that Asians prefer soy products over Westerners, while soy products, which are phytochemical isoflavones, have an anti-cancer effect. So why do Asians prefer to eat soy products more than Westerners? Interestingly, this may be due to the difference between East and West eating habits. Because Asian people regard soy products as important traditional foods, but Westerners think soy poor taste and not eat. Westerners think there are three kinds of soy products bad taste, that is, the smell of soy, bitter and astringent. According to the analysis, the smell of soy is due to the action of lipoxygenase. Bitterness and astringency are mainly caused by saponins and isoflavones. Soy mainly