date:Aug 30, 2013
this diet. He noted that soy protein has a direct cholesterol-lowering effect, an attribute that was first formally recognized by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1999, and that soyfoods can also lower blood cholesterol indirectly when replacing common sources of protein in Western diets because the fatty acid content of the diet will be improved as a result. Jenkins noted that as a result of these attributes, soy is now recognized by the Canada Cardiovascular Society as a component of