You may have heard of the “Portfolio Diet” wherein it has been
clinically accepted that increasing the intake of soy based foods
can reduce levels of LDL cholesterol as much as some statin drugs.
Well, now it seems that soybeans have another health-giving quality:
they also reduce blood pressure.
This latest finding is making quite a bit of noise in medical
circles and not without reason. Can you imagine how hard the two
largest drug markets (cholesterol and blood pressure) would be hit
if the American Heart Association or the American College of
Cardiology released a statement saying that soybeans can reduce bad
cholesterol and control blood pressure? Just think about it. But
that’s where it will stop; in your thoughts. With all the lobbying
power of the giant pharmaceutical industry, I seriously doubt that
such a statement from an internationally recognized source will ever
be released.
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