| From Nutrition Newsbytes Your link to nutrition discoveries IN THE NEWS SOY MAKES HEART SENSE If cholesterol is of concern, make soy part of your meals. Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., say soy that's high in plant estrogens (called isoflavones) significantly lowers cholesterol. In the study, participants ate a soy-protein diet that contained one of four amounts of isoflavones ranging from three mg to 62 mg. The most dramatic results during the nine-week study appeared for those consuming the 62-mg isoflavone diet. These study participants experienced a 10 percent reduction in their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol that clogs arteries. Exactly how the isoflavones lower cholesterol requires additional study. This study appeared in the October 1999 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Reprinted with permission; Copyright 2000 Enzymatic Therapy. (Enzymatic Therapy manufactures and distributes more than 200 nutritional |