Sója - funkční potravina

The food industry has lately experienced a significant growth in those foodstuffs known as functional foods. This bachelor's thesis focuses on soya bean as a crop that contains a number of biologically active substances with positive effects on the human body. Thanks to the presence of healthy substances, soya is considered to be a valuable functional food. The first part of the thesis deals with the characteristics of functional foods, the reasons for their genesis, development and the ways of classifying them. The following part is aimed at soya itself, its chemical composition and a thorough description of the physiologically impactful substances it contains. The last part of the thesis summarizes the effects of soya on human health, particularly its role in disease prevention, whilst allergy to soya is also mentioned