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.
Rye bread in the diet of pigs enhances the formation
of enterolactone and increases its levels in plasma, urine and feces.
One Swedish study found that levels
of enterolactone and enterodiol in the blood that were above the median of the women studied were associated with lower risk of reduced ERα + and ERβ - breast cancer, but not ERβ + or other subtypes of breast cancer.
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.
One type
of phytonutrient especially abundant in whole grains including brown rice are plant lignans, which are converted by friendly flora in our intestines into mammalian lignans, including one called
enterolactone that is thought to protect against breast and other hormone - dependent cancers as well as heart disease.
One type
of phytonutrient especially abundant in whole grains such as buckwheat are plant lignans, which are converted by friendly flora in our intestines into mammalian lignans, including one called
enterolactone that is thought to protect against breast and other hormone - dependent cancers as well as heart disease.
DOI: 10.1038 / sj / ejcn / 1601298 The effect
of flaxseed supplementation in processed foods on serum fatty acids and
enterolactone
A couple
of interesting studies have shown that sesamin from sesame seeds may get converted by your gut bacteria into another type
of lignan called
enterolactone (31, 32).
However, there continues to be strong interest in flaxseeds and their components (including
enterolactone and secoisolariciresinol diglucoside) as potential aids during management
of perimenopausal and postmenopausal symptoms as well as during hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Three
of the lignans found in flaxseeds — secoisolariciresinol, matairecinol, and pinoresinol — can be converted by intestinal bacteria into
enterolactone (ENL) and enterodiol (END).
One type
of phytonutrient especially abundant in whole grains such as barley are plant lignans, which are converted by friendly flora in our intestines into mammalian lignans, including one called
enterolactone that is thought to protect against breast and other hormone - dependent cancers as well as heart disease.
For example,
enterolactone made from flaxseed lignans has been shown to be an estrogen agonist (promoting estrogen production, through increased formation
of transcription factors like ER - alpha and ER - beta), as well as an estrogen antagonist (working against estrogen production, through inhibition
of enzymes like estrogen synthetase).
High levels
of serum
enterolactone, a mammalian lignan, have been associated with decreased cardiovascular disease.
One type
of phytonutrient especially abundant in whole grains including millet are plant lignans, which are converted by friendly flora in our intestines into mammalian lignans, including one called
enterolactone that is thought to protect against breast and other hormone - dependent cancers as well as heart disease.