Significant in CHD from plant foods

Yes George, I'm quite familiar with this one also. ;o)

The portfolio diet consisted of nuts (almonds), oats, barley,
eggplant, assorted vegetables, plenty of soy foods and a special
margarine with plant sterols (found in leafy green vegetables and
vegetable oils). The study included 46 subjects and lasted 30 days.

I think the quantities of soy consumed daily in this study would leave
me somewhat concerned. This goes well beyond what Asians would
consume in their daily diet (I think the vegetarian crowd tend to
overplay that card a bit).

I also noticed where some of the funding for this study came from;

Loblaws Brands Ltd., Yves Fine Foods and the Almond Board of
California.

For those that are unfamiliar with Loblaws, it is a major food store
here in Canada, probably the largest. Yves Fine Foods, Inc., a
subsidiary of Yves Veggie Cuisine, Inc. Delta, British Columbia, is
a company that produces soy foods. They were the supplier to
MacDonald's in Canada when the veggie burger was still on
their menu.

U of T link: http://news.utoronto.ca/bin5/030722a.asp

RBR

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:19:16 -0400, "George Cherry the closet

vegetarian said:

1: Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2004 Nov;6(6):492-8. Related Articles, Links

A dietary portfolio: maximal reduction of low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol with diet.

Kendall CW, Jenkins DJ.

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto, 150 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2, Canada.
[email hidden]

Over the past two decades, cholesterol-lowering drugs have proven to be
effective and have been found to significantly reduce the risk of coronary
heart disease (CHD). However, diet and lifestyle factors are still
recognized as the first line of intervention for CHD risk reduction by the
National Cholesterol Education Program and the American Heart Association,
which now advocate use of viscous fibers and plant sterols, and soy protein
and nuts, respectively. In a series of metabolically controlled studies, we
have combined these four cholesterol-lowering dietary components in the same
diet (ie, a dietary portfolio of cholesterol-lowering foods) in an attempt
to maximize low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction. We have found
that the portfolio diet reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by
approximately 30% and produced clinically significant reductions in CHD
risk. These reductions were the same as found with a starting dose of a
first-generation statin drug.

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PMID: 15485596 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]