Not exact matches
In the study, vegan
women on regular diet were
compared with
vegetarian women who regularly ate dairy.
If controlling hormones and losing weight are some of the largest factors associated with PCOS, let's look at some data
comparing sex hormones and metabolic profiles between omnivores and
vegetarians in pre - and post-menopausal
women.
I bet
women that have been vegan for a long time probably have an even lower rate, i remember Dr. Fuhrman saying that adventists that had been
vegetarian the longest actually had an even longer average life expectancy (+13 years)
compared to the other
vegetarians.
This may explain why, in a study of over a thousand
women eating plant - based diets, vegan
women had one - fifth the number of twins
compared with
vegetarians and omnivores.
The Adventist study at 1:00 seems to say that «pure
vegetarian women» had 0.34 risk for breast cancer
compared to omnivores: does that mean they had 66 % less risk for breast cancer?
the IGF - 1 levels are
compared between men and
women eating conventional,
vegetarian, and vegan diets.
Research has shown that omega - 3s are found in a more stable form, ALA, in vegetables, fruits, and beans.13 For healthy individuals, natural conversion of ALA to the longer chain omega - 3s, DHA and EPA, should be sufficient to maintain tissue function.14 In fact, according to a European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study,
women on vegan diets actually have more long - chain omega - 3s in their blood
compared with fish - eaters, meat - eaters, and lacto - ovo
vegetarians.15