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News & Research:
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Plant Estrogen May Cut Breast Cancer - WebMD, 3/20/07 -
"A diet rich in estrogen-like compounds
found in flaxseed, tea, and many plants may help curb breast cancer after
menopause ... Women with the highest lignan intake were 17% less likely to be
diagnosed with breast cancer during the study than those with the lowest intake"
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More support for soy's protection against prostate cancer - Nutra USA,
2/13/06 - "High intake of food items
rich in phytoestrogens was associated with a decreased risk of prostate
cancer. The odds ratio (OR) [the risk compared to a standard of 1.00]
comparing the highest to the lowest quartile of intake was 0.74"
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Veggies in Diet May Cut Lung Cancer Risk - WebMD, 9/27/05 -
"the people who consumed the highest
amount of phytoestrogens from food had nearly half the lung cancer risk as those
with the lowest phytoestrogen intake from food" [Abstract]
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Supplements for Menopausal Symptoms (Soy and Red Clover Isoflavones, Black
Cohosh, and Progesterone Cream) review - ConsumerLab.com, 8/2/05
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Phytoestrogens May Not Prevent Breast Cancer - WebMD, 2/4/04
- Phytoestrogens May Shield Against Endometrial Cancer - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 11/03
- Phytoestrogen review - ConsumerLab.com, 7/16/02
- Soy and Health: What's the Scoop? Most Recent Addition to Soy Research Shows Lower Breast Cancer Risk - WebMD, 12/21/00
- Phytochemicals: Nutrients Whose Time Has Come - Nutrition Science News, 7/00
Abstracts:
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Breast development in the first 2 years of life: an association with
soy-based infant formulas - J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2008
Feb;46(2):191-5 - "We suggest that phytoestrogens
impose a preserving effect on breast tissue that is evolved in early
infancy, leading eventually to a slower waning of infantile breast tissue"
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Exposure to the phytoestrogen daidzein attenuates apomorphine-induced penile
erection concomitant with plasma testosterone level reduction in dose and
time-related manner in adult rats - Urology. 2007 Sep;70(3):613-7 -
"The phytoestrogen daidzein has the potential to
adversely affect erectile function in a dose and time-related manner that is
at least partly attributable to androgen deficiency. These findings
implicate that phytoestrogens, especially isoflavones, if overconsumed for a
long period, might be a novel risk factor for erectile dysfunction"
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Phytoestrogens and indicators of breast cancer prognosis - Nutr Cancer.
2006;56(1):3-10 - "In women with
higher intakes of phytoestrogens, there was a 32% reduction in the odds of
being diagnosed with any stage of cancer other than stage 1 (95% confidence
interval, CI = 0.49-0.93; P = 0.02), a 38% reduction in odds of being
diagnosed with positive lymphovascular invasion (95% CI = 0.40-0.95; P =
0.03), and a 66% increase in the odds of being diagnosed with a positive
progesterone receptor"
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Dietary Phytoestrogen Intake Is Associated with Reduced Colorectal Cancer
Risk - J Nutr. 2006 Dec;136(12):3046-3053 -
"Dietary lignan intake was
associated with a significant reduction in colorectal cancer risk [OR (T3
vs. T1) = 0.73; 95% CI: 0.56, 0.94], as was isoflavone intake [OR (T3 vs.
T1) = 0.71"
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Dietary intake of phytoestrogens, estrogen receptor-beta polymorphisms and
the risk of prostate cancer - Prostate. 2006 Aug 18 -
"Our study provides strong evidence
that high intake of phytoestrogens substantially reduce prostate cancer risk
among men with specific polymorphic variation in the promoter region of the
estrogen receptor-beta gene"
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Dietary phytoestrogens and lung cancer risk - JAMA. 2005 Sep
28;294(12):1493-504
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Phytoestrogen supplement use by women - J Nutr 2003 Jun;133(6):1983S-6S -
"Until safety with
respect to breast cancer is established, phytoestrogen supplements should not be recommended, particularly for women at high risk of breast cancer"
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