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Article: Soy-fortified food. (Neighborhood Heart Watch).(sterol-fortified ground beef lowers cholesterol levels)(Brief Article)
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- Medical Update
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Researchers say that soy-fortified ground beef might satisfy our craving for hamburgers and help us keep cholesterol levels in check. A study released in June involved feeding 34 college students a lunch of ground beef every day for a month. All the young men had moderately elevated cholesterol levels.
Half the students ate lean ground beef; the others were given lean ground beef in which 3 percent of the meat was replaced by sterols, a component of soybeans known to reduce cholesterol. Data published in the American Journal of ...