Diet, lifestyle, and menstrual activity. Export

@article{citeulike:3558338, abstract = {Menstrual activity is dependent on a critical body weight and may, therefore, be modified by nutritional factors. Lower plasma levels of testosterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, and prolactin, and differences in gonadotrophin levels were found during the menstrual cycle in rural black South African versus white women. When premenopausal vegetarian South African black women were fed a Western diet, plasma testosterone and prolactin levels increased, while estradiol decreased and follicle-stimulative hormone increased. In postmenopausal black women a similar diet decreased plasma leutinizing and follicle-stimulating hormone and increased prolactin levels. Differences between white and black women eating their customary diets may be related to genetic factors and/or lifestyle and diet. However, a Western diet induced changes in hormonal activity in vegetarian black women. These changes in hormonal levels in black women were comparable to those found in women with menstrual irregularities. Further study is needed to determine whether the difference in hormonal activity during the menstrual cycle between vegetarian black and white women may in part explain the lower incidence of coronary heart disease and breast cancer in the former.}, author = {Hill, P. and Garbaczewski, L. and Helman, P. and Huskisson, J. and Sporangisa, E. and Wynder, E. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3558338}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7386408}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=7386408}, issn = {0002-9165}, journal = {The American journal of clinical nutrition}, keywords = {africa, diet, estrogen, hormone, lifestyle, menstruation}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {1192--1198}, posted-at = {2008-11-17 13:17:03}, priority = {2}, title = {Diet, lifestyle, and menstrual activity.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7386408}, volume = {33}, year = {1980} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3558338 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3558338 N2 - Menstrual activity is dependent on a critical body weight and may, therefore, be modified by nutritional factors. Lower plasma levels of testosterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, and prolactin, and differences in gonadotrophin levels were found during the menstrual cycle in rural black South African versus white women. When premenopausal vegetarian South African black women were fed a Western diet, plasma testosterone and prolactin levels increased, while estradiol decreased and follicle-stimulative hormone increased. In postmenopausal black women a similar diet decreased plasma leutinizing and follicle-stimulating hormone and increased prolactin levels. Differences between white and black women eating their customary diets may be related to genetic factors and/or lifestyle and diet. However, a Western diet induced changes in hormonal activity in vegetarian black women. These changes in hormonal levels in black women were comparable to those found in women with menstrual irregularities. Further study is needed to determine whether the difference in hormonal activity during the menstrual cycle between vegetarian black and white women may in part explain the lower incidence of coronary heart disease and breast cancer in the former. IS - 6 JF - The American journal of clinical nutrition SN - 0002-9165 EP - 1198 TI - Diet, lifestyle, and menstrual activity. VL - 33 SP - 1192 KW - africa KW - diet KW - estrogen KW - hormone KW - lifestyle KW - menstruation AU - Hill, P AU - Garbaczewski, L AU - Helman, P AU - Huskisson, J AU - Sporangisa, E AU - Wynder, EL PY - 1980/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7386408 ER -