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No matter how we manage our health, efficacy, risks and costing are top concernsNo effect of soy product to reduce cholesterol and HDL level among overweigt postmenopausal women
Despite many Soy product maker claim that it has benefits to heart disease (labeling with diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol) and FDA issued to re-evaluate those benefits in 2007, recent study found that eating extra soy for one year doesn’t help cut the cholesterol level in postmenopausal women.
Published in March 3rd issued of Menopause, Dr. Sara Chelland Campbell from Florida State University in Tallahassee, and colleagues, write that “Our result support the large body of literature showing no favorable alterations in the lipid profile as a result of the incorporation of 25 g/ day of soy protein in the diet.”
The study involved 87 overweight postmenopausal women who were younger than 65 and 62 of them complete the study who were randomly assigned to eat soy products or comparable products (including snack bar, cereal, and drink mix) containing casein for a year.
The total cholesterol level among 2 groups at the start of the study as following;
- 236 mg/dL in the control group,
- 231 mg/dL in the soy group.
The result after 1 year follow up as following;
- 254 mg/dL (raise 18 points) in control group,
- 243 mg/dL (raise 12 points) in soy group.
From the result researcher found that soy had no effect on LDL cholesterol or triglyceride levels and increase slightly.
In other recent study also stated that soy protein or isoflavones benefits has ‘minimal at the best’.
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