The strength of the epidemiological evidence indicating a protective effect of vegetable and
fruit intake against cancer at most sites [l] has stimulated interest in secondary plant …

Because many diseases of the Western Hemisphere are hormone-dependent cancers, we
have postulated that the Western diet, compared to a vegetarian or semivegetarian diet, may …

Our diet and environment have changed rapidly since the start of industrialization. Our
partially genetically determined behavior leads, in the affluent society, to the consumption of …

The Western-type diet, high in fat and protein and low in complex carbohydrate and fibre,
has been associated with many diseases, including coronary heart disease, colon cancer …

The practice of medicine-both past and present-often involves the prescription of specific
foods (almost always plants) or their potent derivatives, to treat a wide spectrum of illnesses …

It is obvious that further studies are necessary before the possible biological role in man of
the lignans and isoflavonic phyto-oestrogens may be defined. However, the evidence …

The growing interest in the role of phyto-oestrogens in human health has prompted
scientists to evaluate the risk: benefit which would result from consuming high levels of these …

The incidence of hormone-dependent cancers, such as those of the breast and prostate, is
much lower in Eastern countries such as China and Japan in comparison with the Western …

Plants abound in essential phytochemicals produced for their various vital functions. The
same compounds seem also to be crucial for human health and disease. Recent human …

Because many Western diseases are hormone-dependent cancers, we have postulated that
the Western diet, compared with a vegetarian or semivegetarian diet, may alter hormone …