Researchers have found a consistent cholesterol-lowering effect for soy protein, with pooled data from dozens of clinical trials that span the last two decades. The study calls into question the US Food and Drug Administration’s current proposal to revoke the health claim for soy protein and heart disease.
“At no time since the original claim for soy as a reducer of serum cholesterol has its ability been in question,” says David Jenkins, professor of nutritional sciences and of medicine at U of T. “It’s been consistent since 1999. The data have not changed.”
The researchers showed a reduction from soy in both total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which can damage the heart...
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