Marian Zboraj01.24.06
(Sourced from Associated Press)
According to as Associated Press article, which ran on January 23rd, an American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, committee has revealed study results that are now casting doubt on the health claim that soy-based foods and supplements significantly lower cholesterol. The article claims that the findings could lead FDA to re-evaluate rules that currently allow companies to tout a cholesterol-lowering benefit on the labels of soy-based foods. The panel also found that neither soy nor its isoflavones reduced symptoms of menopause, such as “hot flashes.” Additionally, it claimed that isoflavones don’t help prevent breast, uterine or prostate cancer. Results, however, were mixed on whether soy prevented postmenopausal bone loss. Based on its findings, the committee said it would not recommend using isoflavone supplements in food or pills. Nutrition experts say soy-based foods still are good because they often are eaten in place of less healthy fare like burgers and hot dogs. But they don’t have as much direct benefit as had been hoped on cholesterol.
According to as Associated Press article, which ran on January 23rd, an American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, committee has revealed study results that are now casting doubt on the health claim that soy-based foods and supplements significantly lower cholesterol. The article claims that the findings could lead FDA to re-evaluate rules that currently allow companies to tout a cholesterol-lowering benefit on the labels of soy-based foods. The panel also found that neither soy nor its isoflavones reduced symptoms of menopause, such as “hot flashes.” Additionally, it claimed that isoflavones don’t help prevent breast, uterine or prostate cancer. Results, however, were mixed on whether soy prevented postmenopausal bone loss. Based on its findings, the committee said it would not recommend using isoflavone supplements in food or pills. Nutrition experts say soy-based foods still are good because they often are eaten in place of less healthy fare like burgers and hot dogs. But they don’t have as much direct benefit as had been hoped on cholesterol.