Soy Protein Does Not Lower Cholesterol

But it doesn’t raise it either. Soy protein is often marketed as a way to lower your cholesterol. However a new study shows that it in fact doesn’t. Does this mean that there is no nutritional value of Soy Protein? Absolutely not. For example, a lot of bodybuilders have high cholesterol due to the fact that they eat massive amounts of protein rich meats such as red meats, even though much leaner white meats are recommended. There is also the fact that steroid use has been shown to increase cholesterol levels as well. So for a natural bodybuilder, soy protein would be one more choice of a safe protein intake as well as water based protein shakes. With that said, let me show you the excerpts from the MSN article that talks about the Soy Protein.

FRIDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) — Eating foods with soy protein has been promoted as a way to lower cholesterol, but a new study finds it has no significant effect on cholesterol levels.

The findings “do not support the current health claims for soy protein in a general population,” said study author Peter R.C. Howe, director of the Nutritional Physiology Research Centre at the Sansom Institute for Health Research at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.

He’s referring to the health claims approved for soy foods in both the United States and the United Kingdom that link daily consumption of 25 grams of soy protein to a reduction in heart disease risk through a lowering of LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol.

Soy Protein Doesn’t Lower Cholesterol

Here is a great article on Soy Protein and BodyBuilding

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