Soybean Protein and Peptide as Complementation Medical Food Materials for Treatment of Dyslipidemia and Inflammatory Disorders

Soy protein has beneficial effects on lowering body weight and blood glucose in patients with diabetes who have overweight or obesity. In addition, soy protein, as complementation medical food material, improves lipid abnormalities such as high triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Kidney disease can cause dyslipidemia, which is considered to be difficult to treat with hypolipidemic agents, statins, and fibrates owing to the impaired renal function. Soy protein improves lipid abnormality in nephropathy patients without concomitant renal function decline. Soy peptide can help with the palliation of pain and improve cytokine levels in combination with medications in rheumatoid arthritis. Furthermore, soy peptide can help to ameliorate inflammatory bowel disease. Thus, soy protein and peptide not only help prevent disease, but may also serve as a complementation medical food material to assist with the treatment of several diseases and disorders.