Title
Isoflavone intake in four different European countries: The VENUS approach
Author
Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO
van Erp-Baart, M.A.J.
Brants, H.A.M.
Kiely, M.
Mulligan, A.
Turrini, A.
Sermoneta, C.
Kilkkinen, A.
Valsta, L.M.
Publication year
2003
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the level of isoflavone intake (total isoflavones, daidzein and genistein) in four European countries: Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. For this purpose national food composition databases of isoflavone content were created in a comparable way, using the Vegetal Estrogens in Nutrition and the Skeleton (VENUS) analytical database as a common basis, and appropriate food consumption data were selected. The isoflavone intake in Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK is on average less than 1 mg/d. Small groups of consumers of soya foods could be identified in Ireland, The Netherlands and the UK. The estimated intake levels are low compared with those found in typical Asian diets (∼20-100 mg/d) and also low compared with levels where physiological effects are expected (60-100 mg/d). The results (including a subgroup analysis of soya product consumers) showed that such levels are difficult to achieve with the European diets studied here. Chemicals/CAS: daidzein, 486-66-8; genistein, 446-72-0; isoflavone, 574-12-9; daidzein, 486-66-8; Genistein, 446-72-0; Isoflavones
Subject
Food and Chemical Risk Analysis
Daidzein
Genistein
Oestrogen-like compounds
Daidzein
Genistein
Isoflavone
Age
Asian
Data base
Diet
Female
Food composition
Health survey
Human
Information processing
Ireland
Italy
Male
Netherlands
Physiology
Sex difference
Soybean
United Kingdom
Adolescent
Child
Europe
Factual database
Infant
Middle aged
Preschool child
Statistics
Glycine max
Adult
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TNO identifier
237119
ISSN
0007-1145
Source
British Journal of Nutrition, 89 (89)
Document type
article