Heart Association Derides Soy Claims (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_he_me/fit_soy_health"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/net/20060123/capt.c0c908ea46c8139ee2f4cd813c27b502?x=95&y=130&sig=DMtedr5s98O5JvaOFk3SIg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="**FILE PHOTO**
Newly harvested soy beans pour from a combine auger onto a truck belonging to Alan Horn of Weeping Water, Neb., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)" border="0" /></a>AP - Veggie burgers and tofu might not be so great at warding off heart disease after all. An American Heart Association committee reviewed a decade of studies on soy's benefits and came up with results that are now casting doubt on the health claim that soy-based foods and supplements significantly lower cholesterol.</p><br clear=all>