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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Doyle H. Waggle, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Susan M. Potter, Ellisville, MO (US);
Edna C. Henley, Athens, GA (US);
Doyle H. Waggle, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Susan M. Potter, Ellisville, MO (US);
Edna C. Henley, Athens, GA (US);
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a composition comprising a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or and isoflavone selected from genistein, daidzein, glycitein, biochanin A, formononetin, and their naturally occurring glycosides, where the plant sterol comprises at least 0.49% of the composition, by weight. The present invention is also a method for decreasing the blood concentration of total and LDL cholesterol in a human in which a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or an isoflavone are co-administered to the human, where the plant sterol comprises at least 0.49%, by weight, of the combined weight of the plant sterol and the soy protein material and/or the isoflavone. The present invention is also a method for preventing or minimizing the development of atherosclerosis in a human in which a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or an isoflavone are co-administered to the human, where the plant sterol comprises at least 0.49%, by weight, of the combined weight of the plant sterol and the soy protein material and/or the isoflavone.