1.   Moreover, there is recent evidence that soy protein dramatically lowers cholesterol, fights cancer, relieves some side effects of menopause and slows osteoporosis.

2.   The proteins can lower the freezing point, but by less than a degree centigrade, says Wisniewski.

3.   Analysts expect the soy market to continue growing, in part because the government is allowing soy products to claim that soy protein lowers blood cholesterol levels.

4.   Scientists have long known that substituting soy protein can lower cholesterol in lab animals.