Tofu and Soy Lower Cholesterol

Adding soy to your diet can reduce your cholesterol levels by up to as 9 percent in a month. The amount and type of soy you eat, however, is key to enjoying its health benefits.
According to a researcher from University of Kentucky, your best bet is to choose uncooked forms of soy such as tofu, soy milk, soy nuts. His analysis revealed that the amount of soy that helped most was the equivalent of two 12-ounce servings of soy milk daily or two 2-ounce servings of tofu. (Cooking tofu doesn’t destroy the soy proteins responsible for the cholesterol-lowering effect.)
Eating more soy – twice the recommended amount – won’t double your benefit. You’ll only get another 1 to 2 percent reduction.

Source:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_27776.html