Journal of Community Nutrition
- Volume 7 Issue 1
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- Pages.29-35
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- 2005
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- 1229-540X(pISSN)
Vegetarian Diets and Estrogen Metabolism in Korean Premenopausal Women
- Kim Kyung Mi (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women s University) ;
- Sung Mi Kyung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women s University)
- Published : 2005.03.01
Abstract
It has been suggested that dietary fat increases the risk of breast cancer by elevating serum estrogen concentrations. However, studies on a relationship between fat intake and breast cancer risk have shown contradictory results, possibly because the levels of fat intake in study populations were too high to observe differences. Also, the effect of other dietary factors may present. The present study was performed to investigate the relationship between diet and estrogen metabolism in premenopausal women whose usual fat intake is relatively low compared to their western counterparts. Twenty lacto-ovo vegetarians (LOV) and twenty omnivores participated in the study. Three day food records including a Saturday or a Sunday were used to estimate nutrient intake. Serum lipids, estradiol, sex-hormone binding globulin, and urinary estradiol were measured. Study results showed
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