Soy products and weight loss
There is lots of research being down in recent years to what stimulates weight loss, mostly because the weight loss market is huge and worth billions of dollars in Europe and the US. This month’s issue of Journal of the American Dietetic Association will feature an article by researchers about the effect of Soy products on weight loss. To put it short : The researchers were unable to find a link between Soy products and weight loss. There was no difference in weight loss between the group of people that were fed extra soy and the ones that did not.
They did find that a diet rich in soy lowers Insulin levels and fights bad cholesterol.
The article:
Eating soy-rich foods won’t help you lose weight faster, say researchers presenting their findings in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Their new study, completed at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, shows overweight women who cut 500 calories a day from their diet and added soy-protein-rich foods every day for 12 weeks did not lose any more weight than women who did not eat extra soy.
Authors note previous research suggests adding soy to the diet can enhance weight loss. And the FDA approves health claims eating 25 grams of soy protein a day as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol can reduce the risk of heart disease.