Incidences of breast, colorectal and prostate cancer are high in the Western world compared
to countries in Asia. We have postulated that the Western diet compared to the …

Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Breast cancer
is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women despite all the available …

The objective was to determine the influence of consuming 50 g flaxseed/d for 4 wk on
several indexes of nutrition in young healthy adults. During flaxseed consumption, alpha …

Plants contain compounds with oestrogen—like action called phytoestrogens. Soy contains
daidzin, a potent phytoestrogen, and wheat flour contains less potent enterolactones. We …

The authors conducted a case-control study among the multi-ethnic population of Hawaii to
examine the role of dietary soy, fiber, and related foods and nutrients on the risk of …

Breast cancer incidence and mortality are high in the western world compared to countries
in Asia (World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, 1997) …

Lignans and phytoestrogens have been associated with protective effect against hormone‐
related diseases, for example, cancer of the breast and prostate, and potential mechanisms …

A high dietary intake of soy products (eg, as in Japan and Singapore) has been associated
with a reduction in the incidence of breast cancer in premenopausal women …

Lignans are a group of phytochemicals shown to have weakly estrogenic and antiestrogenic
properties. Two specific lignans, enterodiol and enterolactone, are absorbed after formation …

The first quantitative method for the determination of both lignans and isoflavonoid
phytoestrogens in plasma is presented. Using ion-exchange chromatography the diphenols …