Supplements in the News
| Soy's Unlikely Mechanism of Action |
| Published Thursday, December 4, 2008 |
A recent
study published in the European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition found soy’s
heart-health benefits are not likely a result of decreasing vascular
inflammation and homocysteine concentration (2008;62:1419-25) (DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602885).
In the randomized crossover design, 34 postmenopausal women consumed soy
protein isolate (265 g/d protein containing 448 m/d isoflavones) or milk
protein isolate (265 g/d protein) for six weeks each. Concentrations of
homocysteine, C-reactive protein, soluble E-selectin, soluble vascular
adhesion molecule-1 and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 were not
different between soy and milk diet treatments. The results did not differ by
equol production status or by baseline lipid concentration. Adjustment for
intake of folate and methionine did not alter the homocysteine results.
This abstract was provided courtesy of Natural Products Industry Insider, published by Virgo Publishing Inc.
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