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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 11 > Jury is still out on soy’s cholesterol benefit

Jury is still out on soy’s cholesterol benefit

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
December 11, 2008

The claim: Soy can lower cholesterol.

The facts: Soy foods have been credited with all sorts of health benefits, but perhaps none so appealing as this assertion.

The notion was cemented in 1999, when the Food and Drug Administration allowed companies to claim that 25 grams of soy protein....

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