Not exact matches
Women with
high levels of the phytoestrogen
enterolactone, which is linked to
high lignan intake from foods such as flax, have been found to have a 58 % reduction of breast cancer risk.
When blood levels of
enterolactone were measured in 857 postmenopausal women in a Danish study published in the Journal of Nutrition, women eating the most whole grains were found to have significantly
higher blood levels of this protective lignan.
High levels of serum
enterolactone, a mammalian lignan, have been associated with decreased cardiovascular disease.