Women who consume large amounts of lignans, phytoestrogens in plants, could be very much protected from risk of breast cancer before menopause.
Lignans are found in large quantities in flaxseed, whole grains, berries, fruits and vegetables. Digestion transforms them into other phytoestrogens including enterodiol and enterolactone.
The new study of 192 women and 231 other patients in good health, is published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. Women whose plasma levels of enterolactone were highest (above 12.96 nmol / L) have a risk of breast cancer decreased by 58% compared with women whose levels are low. In female patients the average rate of enterolactone was 6.3 nmol / L against 9.7 on average in healthy women. Over one million women are diagnosed annually with breast cancer and 400 000 in Europe.
No association has been established in contrast between the level of genistein (a phytoestrogen from soy) and cancer risk.
Lignans are found in large quantities in flaxseed, whole grains, berries, fruits and vegetables. Digestion transforms them into other phytoestrogens including enterodiol and enterolactone.
The new study of 192 women and 231 other patients in good health, is published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. Women whose plasma levels of enterolactone were highest (above 12.96 nmol / L) have a risk of breast cancer decreased by 58% compared with women whose levels are low. In female patients the average rate of enterolactone was 6.3 nmol / L against 9.7 on average in healthy women. Over one million women are diagnosed annually with breast cancer and 400 000 in Europe.
No association has been established in contrast between the level of genistein (a phytoestrogen from soy) and cancer risk.
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