Lies: Soya supplements cannot help asthma, says study

Pick your supplements carefully. Soya supplements soya does not help improve lung function, say researchers. Photo: Shutterstock

New research disproves recent findings that suggested soya could play a role in reducing the severity of the disease.

The study, from Northwestern Medical medicine and the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Network, published in the Journal Of The American Medical Association (JAMA), examined the effects of soy on 386 adults and children with poorly controlled asthma over a six-month period.