Sunday, January 03, 2010

Study shows no link between phytoestrogens and cancer

Phytoestrogen intake was not associated with breast cancer among women or colorectal cancer among men in a recent University of Cambridge study that appeared in American Journal Clinical Nutrition. Dietary phytoestrogen intakes were evaluated in about 25,000 cancer-free, 40- to 79-years-old British patients who participated in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition - Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) between 1993 and 1997.

Within 12 months of study, 244 breast cancers, 221 colorectal cancers and 204 prostate cancers were reported. The diets and other relevant information from those who developed cancer were compared to information from participants who did not develop cancer. Researchers concluded they found no association between phytoestrogen intake and breast cancer in women or between phytoestrogen intake and colorectal cancer in men.

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