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February 26, 2007

The Magic of Black Soya Beans

Black soya beans (the wonderful soybean) could help control weight, prevent diabetes and lower cholesterol, this according to a study on rats:

Experts in Seoul, South Korea, allowed 32 male rats - split into four groups - to gorge on a fatty diet for 28 days. Each group was given differing amounts of black soya, with one group receiving none and acting as a control.

The results showed that those getting 10 per cent of their energy from black soya gained around half as much weight as those in the control group.

Total blood cholesterol also fell by 25 per cent and LDL levels (regarded as "bad" cholesterol) fell by 60 per cent.

I'm trying to figure out what soybean company funded the research. Sanity, however, does still reign: Libby Dowling, care adviser at Diabetes UK, said the results were interesting, but more research would be needed to determine the effects in humans

Posted by Diabetologica at February 26, 2007 11:15 PM