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If we eat soy, do we keep the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet?

Giovanni Aulisa (Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, Rome, Italy)
Claudio Binda (Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, Rome, Italy)
Elvira Padua (Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, Rome, Italy)
Antonio Pratesi (MMG Department, ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy)
Alfonso Bellia (Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, Rome, Italy and Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy)
Chiara Bellia (Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
Mauro Lombardo (Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, Rome, Italy)

Nutrition & Food Science

ISSN: 0034-6659

Article publication date: 24 February 2020

Issue publication date: 28 October 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to evaluate if soya consumption can compromise or positively influence the effects of the Mediterranean diet (MD).

Design/methodology/approach

A full literature review has been conducted as part of a proposal of a new point of view on the consumption of soya and its derivatives in areas where until a few decades ago this type of food did not exist at all.

Findings

There does not seem to be any contraindications for soy systematic use, therefore, excluding historical-geographical reasons, soya could be included in an MD without altering the benefits associated with it.

Practical implications

Soya is not advised as a typical food in the MD, but promoting its use could probably contribute to increase the variety of the diet and likely consolidates the positive health benefits characteristic of MD.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this review is one of the first to evaluate soybean consumption within the MD.

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Citation

Aulisa, G., Binda, C., Padua, E., Pratesi, A., Bellia, A., Bellia, C. and Lombardo, M. (2020), "If we eat soy, do we keep the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet?", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 50 No. 6, pp. 1099-1108. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-10-2019-0322

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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