EFFECTS OF SOYBEAN PROTEIN ISOLATES AND POLYUNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS OMEGA(3) CONTAINED IN ANTIATHEROSCLEROTIC DIET ON SERUM-LIPID SPECTRA AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC-HEART-DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION

Blood serum lipid spectra and immunologic spectra were studied in;patients with ischemic heart disease and hypertension maintained on antiatherosclerotic diet containing either soy bean protein isolates or ichthyenic oil. The ichthyenic oil-containing diet decreased distinctly the level of cholesterol, triglycerides and the atherogenicity coefficient simultaneously with an increase of cholesterol content in high density lipoproteins in blood of 31 patients with these diseases. The diet with soy bean protein isolates exhibited less pronounced effects on lipid metabolism patterns in blood serum as compared with the ichthyenic oil-containing diet; however, the former diet contributed to normalization oi the immunologic reactions in patients with ischemic heart disease and hypertension.