Sentences with phrase «higher estrone»

Women in the higher estrone quartiles had lower performance on two cognitive tests.

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While conversion of some estrone to 16α is required for bone health, high levels of 16α, which promote prostate cancer, are caused by obesity, hypothyroidism, pesticides, alcohol and cimetidine.

If the EQ is < 1, supplementation with 6 - 15 drops of Lugol's solution QD (or 6 - 10 drops of SSKI or equivalent amounts of Iodoral QD [1 tablet of Iodoral = 12.5 mg iodine]-RRB- has clinically been shown to be helpful in promoting conversion of 16α - OH estrone to estriol.2728 Some women initially require high doses of iodine to jump start the conversion of 16α - OH estrone to estriol, after which iodine supplementation can be cut back to lower amounts.

Originated 1970s by Dr. Henry Lemon, who tested estrogen levels in 24 hour urine samples and found that an EQ > 1 strongly correlated with a higher survival rate after breast cancer.24 Further research conducted by Lemon, Heidel, et al., a meta - analysis of published fractional estrogen excretion collected from 2,846 healthy women worldwide aged 15 to 59 years, with a risk of breast cancer varying five-fold, found that an EQ < 1 reflects increased rates of oxidation of estrone or estradiol to 4 - OH catechols (also referred to in the literature as the 3,4 - catechol estrogen quinones), which have been identified as the principal proximal human mammary carcinogens after menarche, while an EQ > 1 reflects conversion to protective 2 - OH estrogen metabolites.2526

Research shows that levels of the 16a OH Estrone metabolites are high in cases of breast, ovarian, cervix, uterine and other hormone - sensitive cancers.

A diet rich in vegetable oils, white flour and sugar, exposure to pesticides and herbicides, consumption of conventionally raised dairy and meat products, the high use of plastics, as well as use of some cosmetics, toiletries and household cleaners, increases the cancer causing 16a OH Estrone metabolite.

Elevated levels of estrone in obese women is associated with higher risk of breast cancer.

Here is a fascinating data point: flaxseed does not only suppress estradiol production but it also nudges estradiol metabolism into a positive direction by generating a higher ratio of the protective metabolite 2 - hydroxy - estrone versus the more harmful 16 - hydroxy - estrone.

Low - fat, high - fiber diet and serum estrone sulfate in premenopausal women.

Woods and colleagues (1989) found that a low fat (25 percent of energy), high fiber (40 g of Dietary Fiber) diet significantly reduced serum estrone sulfate concentra -