[Lowering of cholesterol levels through adding pectins and soybean proteins to a reducing diet (author's transl)].

A mixture of soybean proteins and pectins (EMD 35327) was given to 10 obese people with and without diabetes for a period of 3 weeks in a dosage of a total of 1000 kcal/d. The control group consisted of 10 obese who were given a conventional 1000 kcal mixed diet. In comparison to the control group the test group showed a highly significant decrease of serum cholesterol, a significantly better loss of weight and somewhat lower post-prandial blood sugar and triglyceride levels. The latter two could not be statistically proven due to the small number of probands. There were no side effects worth noticing.