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Researchers say that soy-fortified ground beef might satisfy our craving for hamburgers and help us keep cholesterol levels in check. A study released in June involved feeding 34 college students a lunch of ground beef every day for a month. All the young men had moderately elevated cholesterol levels.

Half the students ate lean ground beef; the others were given lean ground beef in which 3 percent of the meat was replaced by sterols, a component of soybeans known to reduce cholesterol. Data published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that the soy group's cholesterol levels fell by about 10 percent. The beef-only group's levels remained unchanged.

Soy-fortified beef may offer a lower-fat alternative to Benecol and Take Control--two margarine spreads with sterols that have been on the market since 2000. Research shows that levels of LDL cholesterol dropped by about 14 percent in people who consumed a sterol-fortified margarine three times each day as part of a healthful diet.