[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Soy Worth a Hill of Beans?" Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.64,0:00:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For over a decade, soy foods have enjoyed the rare \Nprivilege of an FDA-approved food label health claim \Nabout soy's ability to protect against heart disease. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.24,0:00:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now a billion dollar industry, they have a lot of money \Nto fund research touting the benefits of their bean. Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.64,0:00:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although there is also a U.S. Dry Bean Council \Nrepresenting all the other beans, I think you can \Nget a sense just by comparing their websites, \Nwho may have more money to spread around. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.81,0:00:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, though you may not soon see ads on TV with anyone \Nexclaiming they are gonzo for garbanzos, there was \Na study out of Tulane (University) recently that \Nlooked at the cholesterol-lowering power of non-soy legumes. Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.64,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there are all sorts of beans out there.\NWhich did better to lower the number one risk factor, \NLDL cholesterol, of our number one killer, \Nheart disease: soybeans or non-soybeans? Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soy consumption drops bad cholesterol on average, \Nabout four points. Other beans - lentil, lima, navy, \Npinto, etc. - drop bad cholesterol eight. Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.42,0:01:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though it's illegal for, say, a baked-bean manufacturer \Nto make health claims on their label, soy isn't \Nspecial in that regard. All beans are beautiful, \Nand in this case, beat out soy 2 to 1.