Drinking Unsweetened Soy Milk Makes You Gain Weight? Expert Reveals 'This Type' is a Trap: You're Consuming Fat

Many people choose unsweetened soy milk for protein supplementation during fitness or fat loss, believing it's lower in calories and less burdensome than fresh milk. However, nutritionist Cai Zhengliang warns that the fat content of unsweetened soy milk may not be as low as imagined, and some high-protein concentrated soy milks even have fat content close to whole milk. A 400ml bottle of concentrated soy milk with 2.5g of fat per 100ml means consuming 10g of fat, providing 90 kcal from fat alone. Cai Zhengliang posted on Facebook that regular whole milk contains about 3.5 to 4g of fat per 100ml, while low-fat milk has about 1 to 1.5g. Marketed unsweetened soy milk typically has about 1.5 to 2.5g, with some extra-concentrated soy milks exceeding 3g. In other words, the fat content of unsweetened soy milk can be higher than low-fat milk, especially high-protein concentrated soy milk, which uses more soybean raw materials, increasing fat content along with protein. Soybeans are cholesterol-free and provide plant-based protein, making them a good choice for increasing plant-based food intake. However, no matter how healthy the fat in soy milk is, each gram of fat still provides 9 kcal. If you are on a fat loss diet and already eating sufficiently at meals, drinking several bottles of concentrated soy milk a day can lead to accumulated calories exceeding your body's needs.