Stumbled across this while gallivanting on LA Times --> Certain foods may be the best medicine for lowering 'bad' cholesterol . hmm. really-really? I thought our soy supply is mostly genetically modified soy? plus, the way we consume it is far from traditional fermented preparations nowadays.
On the other hand, the article is debatable. i am no scientist but obviously, the study did not show that dietary intervention was better or way effective than statins. i dont know but the study did conducted a test on statins beforehand? moreover, the authors remarked in the paper's discussion that their dietary intervention was less effective than statins at lowering LDL. The soy , nuts, etc. did lowered LDL cholestrol by 13%, which is very good news but statins lower LDLs by 20% to 40%, depending on the dose.Maybe i should just stick to my mother's cooking. JUST SAYIN'
