Advantages of Plant Protein
2024-05-21
Plant protein has a unique effect on human health. When supplementing animal protein, people also consume more saturated fat at the same time.
The plant protein not only does not contain cholesterol, saturated fat, but also can provide more dietary fiber, vitamin E, unsaturated fat and other healthy ingredients. Many plant protein foods also contain special health ingredients, such as soy isoflavones with estrogen-like effects, plant sterols with hypolipidemic effects, and polyphenolic antioxidants with anti-cancer and anti-aging effects.
Plant protein can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some tumors. Compared with milk protein, plant protein isolate has more obvious hypolipidemic effect; it also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, improving insulin sensitivity, and reducing the level of inflammatory response in the body.