SOY increases risk of heart disease

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Soy Can Increase Heart Disease Risk

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] was measured in four groups of ambulatory adults ages

17 to 94 at our lifestyle enhancement center for chronic degenerative

diseases because of our preliminary evidence that soy milks made of soy

protein isolate included in the basic total vegetarian diet of unrefined

foods was associated with an elevated LP(a) as measured by enzyme

immunoassay on fasting serum samples.

 

The authors concluded that powdered soy milk significantly increases the

LP(a) and should be excluded from the diet.

 

Loma Linda University 2001

 

 

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DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

 

Yet further evidence of the potential danger of eating soy and being a

vegetarian who relies on large amounts of soy products. This research comes

out of the Seventh Day Adventist hospital and therefore would be biased

toward the opposite conclusion, since large percentages of Seventh Day

Adventists are vegetarian.

 

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