21.   Researchers report Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine that soy protein significantly lowers cholesterol levels in people with moderately high to high cholesterol.

22.   Researchers say that a vegetable form of estrogen, present in soy protein, directly lowers cholesterol.

23.   Shoppers can also buy soy supplements or products heavy with soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate or hydrolyzed soy protein.

24.   Some women try soy protein and herbal products, but Grady said there was not evidence from controlled trials to recommend them.

25.   SOY FOODS Eating soy protein daily can lower the blood level of heart-damaging LDL cholesterol and raise protective HDL cholesterol.

26.   Soy protein and grape juice for their ability to reduce the risk of heart disease.

27.   Soy protein has stolen the limelight as the new miracle cure for high cholesterol.

28.   Soy protein and isoflavones are a good addition to a healthy lifestyle but will never be that proverbial magic bullet against disease.

29.   Soy flour and textured soy protein, for instance, contain more than twice as many isoflavones as soy milk does.

30.   Soy protein boosts good cholesterol and sweeps bad cholesterol out of the body before it can clog arteries.