What have I been telling you guys! Male mice with a genetic mutation for heart disease got worse on a soy diet, according to a study released today:
"We were shocked by the results," said [University of Colorado professor Leslie] Leinwand, noting that when the mice in the study were switched to a diet of a milk protein their condition improved markedly.
Female mice carrying the mutation for HCM were relatively unaffected by the soy diet, according to the study. That led the Colorado research team to believe that heart deterioration in male mice was due at least in part to plant-based estrogens in the soy food diet.
"To our knowledge this is the first report of significant differences in cardiac muscle adaptation due to dietary manipulation," researchers wrote.
Leinwand said: "I don't think normal, healthy people should be alarmed by the results of this study.
"But we are seeing more cautionary reactions from the medical community in recent years regarding the ingestion of huge quantities of dietary supplements, including soy phytoestrogens."
The study was conducted at the University of Colorado at Boulder and was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Maybe NOW someone will believe me!
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