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Vijaya Juturu

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« on: April 13, 2008, 01:16:16 PM »

The recent study in Diabetes Care. 2008 suggest the importance of soy in the diets of diabetes patients. In this study twenty type 2 diabetes patients consumed a diet containing 0.8 g protein/kg body weight (35% animal proteins, 35% textured soy protein, and 30% vegetable proteins was compared with twenty one patients consumed a diet containing 70% animal proteins and 30% vegetable proteins for 4 years. In this longitudinal study soy protein consumption significantly affected cardiovascular risk factors such as fasting plasma glucose (mean change in the soy protein versus control groups: -18 +/- 3 vs. 11 +/- 2 mg/dl; P = 0.03), total cholesterol (-23 +/- 5 vs. 10 +/- 3 mg/dl; P = 0.01), LDL cholesterol (-20 +/- 5 vs. 6 +/- 2 mg/dl; P = 0.01), and serum triglyceride (-24 +/- 6 vs. -5 +/- 2 mg/dl; P = 0.01) concentrations. Serum CRP levels were significantly decreased by soy protein intake compared with those in the control group (1.31 +/- 0.6 vs. 0.33 +/- 0.1 mg/l; P = 0.02)and kidney-related biomarkers such as proteinuria and creatinine were decreased. Significant improvements were also seen in proteinuria (-0.15 +/- 0.03 vs. 0.02 +/- 0.01 g/day; P = 0.001) and urinary creatinine (-1.5 +/- 0.9 vs. 0.6 +/- 0.3 mg/dl, P = 0.01) by consumption of soy protein andamong type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy.

Source : Diabetes Care. 2008 Apr;31(4):648-54. Epub 2008 Jan 9


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Daniella Uribe

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Re: Soy and diabetes

« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 02:16:41 PM »

Hello - I read this with interest but as I am not a scientific person, the numbers were greek to me! But I do want to know I can do to lower the insulin I have to take daily, a total of 150 units, 75 am, and 75 pm. I am type 2 but have had to be put on insulin because the pills quit working for me and when I was taking them my eight jumped by about 20 lbs every time they tried a new pill on me and that was many years ago and I am still trying to get rid of it and it is nearly impossible, so far the weight has been about the same since then. I desperately want to find out if soy products can be of help to lower the blood sugar, tryglycerides, cholseterol, weight. I have severe back problems that make walking difficult so exercise can be a hassle. I am 67 yrs. of age. Any info/advice would be appreciated.