For the past couple of year the number of Americans that are overweight keeps increasing. Today fifty five percent of Americans are overweight. Because of this unhealthy trent the media, researchers, doctors and specialists have been educating and informing the population that eating a healthy diet is beneficial for the body in many ways. As a result of the growing awareness of the benefits of eating a healthy diet today's consumers have become more health-conscious …showed first 75 words of 964 total…

…showed last 75 words of 964 total…for the consumer and increased nutritional value and can be used as partial or complete replacements for meat products because of their functional properties. Because of the American obsession with being health conscious the soy industry can expect to start emphasizing on new manufacturing and formulation methods and on new products rather than just variations in order to keep American's on track with the health benefits of eating healthier to avoid chronice diseases and obesity.