Nutrition & Health — A Role for Soy

Soy is a versatile food that can enhance the quality of your diet and contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Add soy nutrition to your daily diet and enjoy numerous health benefits without compromising the taste of the foods you love!

We all want to live longer, healthier lives. By incorporating soy into a nutritious and balanced diet, you can begin to enjoy the health benefits associated with soy protein. Research shows that as part of a low fat and low cholesterol diet, incorporating soy protein into your diet helps reduce blood cholesterol levels ("bad cholesterol"). It may also help reduce the risk of heart disease, which is the number one cause of death around the world1,2,3.

As a high-quality, complete protein, soy protein is comparable in protein quality to the protein found in animal sources, such as meat, milk and eggs. Soy protein is the only widely available plant protein that contains all the essential amino acids at the required levels to support your healthy lifestyle. Those amino acids are also critical for supporting muscle building and maintenance as part of your cardiovascular exercise and muscle-building exercise routines4,5. Whether you're looking to lower cholesterol or simply need a pre-workout snack, adding Solae's soy protein to your diet can make a positive impact on your healthy lifestyle!

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2 World Health Organization. Cardiovascular diseases. Fact sheet No. 317, February 2007.

3 American Heart Association. International Cardiovascular Disease Statistics. Statistical Fact Sheet — Populations 2009 Update.

4 Brown EC, DiSilvestro RA, Babaknia A, Devor ST. Soy versus whey protein bars: Effects on exercise training impact on lean body mass and antioxidant status. Nutr J. 2004; 3:22.

5 Candow DG, Burke NC, Smith-Palmer T, Burke DG. Effect of whey and soy protein supplementation combined with resistance training in young adults. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2006; 16:233-244.

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