Breast cancer, prostate cancer, coronary heart disease and colon cancer belong to the so-
called Western diseases and a general opinion is that diet is a significant or even the main …

It is a general opinion that the Western diet plays a significant role in increasing the risk of
breast cancer in the Western World. Recently some likely mechanisms involved in …

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 …

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 …

Thirty postmenopausal women (11 omnivores, 10 vegetarians and 9 apparently healthy
women with surgically removed breast cancer) were investigated with regard to the …

A brief account of our present knowledge on the enterohepatic metabolism of estrogens and
on the origin, metabolism and biological effects of mammalian lignans and phytoestrogens …

Epidemiological studies have revealed that high levels of lignans and isoflavonoids are
frequently associated with low breast, prostate and colon cancer risk, as well as a low risk of …

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 …

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 …

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 …