Soy & Cholesterol Study

I randomly stumbled across something in my file cabinet today I thought to be worth repeating. It was an article pulled from Vegetarian Times about an American Journal of Cardiology report (November 15, 2001) stating that researchers in Finland had preliminarily discovered that we may be able to lower our cholesterol levels by including sterols (soybean extracts) in our diets. The preliminary results indicated that sterols seem to lower cholesterol by limiting its absorption in the intestines. Conducted by the Helsinki University Central Hospital, the study showed low-fat or reduced-fat foods containing plant sterols reduced total blood cholesterol and LDL (that's the "bad" cholesterol) by up to 10 percent. The results offered new evidence that consuming foods containing sterols can increase the cholesterol-lowering properties of a healthy, low-fat diet. You can find sterols in some low-fat salad dressings and some forms of margarine.

Eat well and be healthy!

Marlon Wade
Co-Founder
Café Soy, LLC
info@cafesoy.com
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