Black soya beans may prevent weight gain

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MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- New research in rats suggests that black

soya beans may be a wonder food of sorts, helping to prevent obesity, lower

cholesterol levels and possibly even reduce risks for diabetes.

In a study published in the February issue of the Journal of the Science of Food

and Agriculture, a team of Korean researchers studied the effects of black soya

in 32 rats.

The researchers allowed the rodents to gorge on a fatty diet supplemented with

various levels of black soya.

After two weeks, the rats getting 10 percent of their energy from black soya

gained half as much weight as those in the control group, and their total blood

cholesterol and LDL (so-called " bad " ) cholesterol fell by 25 percent and 10

percent, respectively.

According to Bender, sub-dean at the Royal Free and University College

Medical School in London, soya protein may reduce the production of new fatty

acids and cholesterol by affecting fat metabolism in the liver and adipose

tissue. This may help explain why black soya is a traditional Asian treatment

against diabetes.

" The key problem in type 2 diabetes is impairment of insulin action, mainly as a

result of excess abdominal adipose tissue -- so loss of weight often improves

glycemic control, " said Bender in a prepared statement.

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