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Relationship Between Dietary Intake And Reproductive Hormones In Premenopausal Vegetarian And Nonvegetarian Seventh-Day Adventist Women, Joan M. Spuehler Sep 1986

Relationship Between Dietary Intake And Reproductive Hormones In Premenopausal Vegetarian And Nonvegetarian Seventh-Day Adventist Women, Joan M. Spuehler

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

There is evidence that specific nutrients may modify hormonal balance and contribute to breast cancer etiology. To investigate the relationship between dietary nutrients and plasma reproductive hormones and to determine hormone-nutrient interrelationships, we measured plasma estrogens, androgens. progesterone and prolactin levels in 10 premenopausal Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) vegetarian and 10 premenopausal SDA nonvegetarian women. Over three days in each of three consecutive months. diet records and fasting midluteal blood samples were collected. The nonvegetarians consumed significantly more protein, total and saturated fats, oleic and linoleic acids, and cholesterol than did the vegetarians. Hormonal status of the two groups did not …


The Relationship Between The Material Diet In Humans And The Health Of The Newborn Child, Carole Dallman May 1962

The Relationship Between The Material Diet In Humans And The Health Of The Newborn Child, Carole Dallman

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study ( 1) to determine the relationship between the nutrition of the mother and the health and well being of the fetus and newborn infant; and (2) to summarize many studies and experiments done in this field from 1907 to 1961.