While much research on soy protein has focused on its cholesterol lowering properties, recent research suggests that consuming soy protein may have benefit in weight management and liver health.
Results of this study showed that mice fed the soy protein versus casein based diets had significantly reduced body fat, blood insulin levels, fat cell size and expression of genes associated with abnormal colonic cell growth.
There was also a trend for lower fat accumulation in the livers of normal mice fed a high fat diet containing soy protein compared to a high fat diet containing casein.
Frank Simmen, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, said: “Our findings support an increasing body of evidence linking healthy diets with altered metabolic states and biomarkers potentially favourable for prevention of chronic diseases.”
Source: Solae
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