Composition comprising soy protein, dietary fibres and a phytoestrogen compound and use thereof in the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases

摘要

A composition comprising (a) soy protein, (b) a phytoestrogen compound, and (c) dietary fibers. The soy protein (a) is present in an amount of at least 45 weight percent of the total protein content of the composition, said total protein content providing at least 15 percent of the total energy content of the composition. The phytoestrogen compound (b) is preferably a naturally occuring isoflavone and is present in an amount of more than 0.10 weight percent of the soy protein, and the dietary fibers (c) are preferably soybean fibers and are present in an amount of more than 4 weight percent of the total weight of the nutritional composition on a dry basis. The composition is useful in lowering serum cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels and for increasing the HDL/LDL-cholesterol ratio in serum of a subject suffering from arteriosclerosis and related cardiovascular diseases.