Black soya beans could be the key to losing weight and cutting your diabetes risk, according to new research at Hanyan University in Seoul.

Rats were allowed to indulge in a fatty diet but were also given various amounts of black soya. After two weeks, rats that were getting 10% of their energy from black soy had gained only half as much weight as the control group. To top it off, the rats’ cholesterol went down, especially LDL levels. LDL or low-density lipids are considered the “bad cholesterol”.

Sounds like black soya beans could own the only true “eat all you want and still lose weight” diet claim.

Magic Beans – Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes

Specially grown soy beans produce a compound that may fight the growth of breast and ovarian cancers according to Tulane University cancer researcher Matthew Burow.

The compound, known as glyceollin, was tested on mice with ovarian and breast cancers that are stimulated by the hormone estrogen. Glyceollin interferes with the tumor’s ability to respond to estrogen, stopping further growth.

According to Burow, the finding is significant because of the lack of effective therapies available to women with advanced breast or ovarian cancer. Unlike some of the available therapies, the glyceollins did not stimulate uterine cancer growth.

Tulane University