Soy Protein and Aortic cholesteryl ester content

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

According to the study of "Dietary soy protein and estrogen replacement therapy improve cardiovascular risk factors and decrease aortic cholesteryl ester content in ovariectomized cynomolgus monkeys" by Wagner JD, Cefalu WT, Anthony MS, Litwak KN, Zhang L, Clarkson TB., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers indicated that that both Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and dietary soybean protein have beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors. Interestingly, the two treatments affected different risk factors and together resulted in the greatest reduction in arterial cholesterol content.