Consumption of fermented milk products and breast cancer: A case-control study in The Netherlands

In a case-control study in The Netherlands, we observed a significantly lower consumption of fermented milk products (predominantly yogurt and buttermilk) among 133 incident breast cancer cases as compared to 289 population controls (mean ± SD among users only, 116 ± 100 versus 157 ± 144 g/day; P<0.01). The age-adjusted odds ratio of daily...

A moderate fish intake increases plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 in human volunteers

For a period of 6 weeks, 76 healthy male volunteers consumed during their daily main meal the contents of one tin (~ 135 g) of either fish (mackerel) paste or meat paste. Fibrinolytic parameters were determined in plasma samples obtained at the beginning and at the end of the experimental period. No changes were found in plasminogen, α2...

Minerals and trace elements in total diets in The Netherlands

1. During a period of 2.5 years, every 3 months 221 different food items forming a 'market basket' were purchased, prepared and divided into twenty-three food-commodity groups. The 'market basket' was based on a study of the dietary intake of 18-year-old male, Dutch adolescents. In the (homogenized) food groups various minerals and trace...

Induction of hyperplasia in the bladder epithelium of rats by a dietary excess of acid or base: Implications for toxicity/carcinogenicity testing

In previous studies we observed an increased incidence of hyperplasia in the epithelium of the urinary bladder of rats fed cereal-based stock diet supplemented with 6% monosodium glutamate (MSG) for 3 months. Hyperplasia was not enhanced, however, when 6% MSG was fed in a purified casein diet. Further studies have been conducted to identify the...

Serum lathosterol concentration is an indicator of whole-body cholesterol synthesis in humans

The power of serum lathosterol concentration as an indicator of whole-body cholesterol synthesis was investigated in 47 human volunteers consuming two diets differing in fatty acid composition. The cholesterol balance (fecal excretion of neutral and acid steroids minus cholesterol intake) was strongly correlated with the serum level of total ...

Theeffects of a high-animal- and a high-vegetable-protein diet on mineral balance and bowel function of young men

Twelve young men were given for periods of 20 d, each of three mixed diets, namely a low-protein (LP) diet (9% total energy as protein, 67% of animal origin), a high-animal-protein (HA) diet (16% total energy as protein, 67% of animal origin) and a high-vegetable-protein (HV) diet (16% total energy as protein, 67% of vegetable origin). Retention...

Nutritional factors in lung, colon, and prostate carcinogenesis in animal models

Dietary factors are now considered to be among the most important environmental risk determinations for cancer. In addition to epidemiological studies, experimental animal studies are an important tool to investigate dietary modulation in carcinogenesis. Results of recent experimental studies on the effect of some nutrients indicate that vitamin...

Effects of feeding stannous chloride on different parts of the gastrointestinal tract of the rat

The effects of feeding inorganic tin on the gastrointestinal tract were examined in rats. Three groups of male weanling Wistar rats were fed a diet to which 0, 250, or 500 ppm Sn2+ had been added as SnCl2. A fourth group was subjected to feed restriction by pair feeding with the 500-ppm group. Comparison of the data from the tin-fed groups with...

Vitamins and endurance training: Food for running or faddish claims?

The inter-relationship of food and physical performance, food is considered as a conglomerate of nutrients and man is depicted as a kind of organic pudding. This 'machine' concept of human performance in combination with the mysticism surrounding vitamins, has led to the faddish belief that additional vitamins are necessary to improve physical...

Pesticides and other chemical residues in Dutch total diet samples (June 1976-July 1978)

Over a period of 2 yr 126 different food items of a market basket of 16-18 yr old males were purchased every 2 months. The foodstuffs were prepared as for eating, and were combined in 12 commodity groups. Twelves samples of each food group were homogenized and analysed for 78 different chemicals, including pesticides, PCBs, bromine, heavy metals...

Therelationship of diet, body composition, physical activity and quality of metabolic control to blood lipid levels in type-I-diabetic men

Twenty seven male patients, with Type-I diabetes mellitus were studied, all from the Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Internal Medicine, the Free University Hospital, Amsterdam. In comparison with healthy subjects and as regards age, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels were within normal limits, although HDL-cholesterol and...

Concomitant increase in hepatic triacylglycerol biosynthesis and cytosolic fatty-acid-binding-protein content after feeding rats with a cholestyramine-containing diet

Cholestyramine feeding of rats increased the rate of palmitate and glycerol incorporation into triacylglycerols of isolated hepatocytes. Concomitantly an increase of fatty-acid binding by hepatic cytosolic proteins was observed, which could be attributed to an elevation of the content of the fatty-acid-binding protein (M(r) 12,000). The...

Diet, faecal pH and colorectal cancer

We suggest that a lower faecal pH may be correlated with a lower mortality of large-bowel cancer and that faecal pH should always be considered in epidemiological studies on the role of diet in colon carcinogenesis.

Nature and histogenesis of sulfite-induced gastric lesions in rats

A variety of gastric lesions can be induced in rats by sodium metabisulfite, including the formation of scattered hyperplastic glands in the fundic mucosa which are exclusively lined by large uniform cells, laden with acidophilic granules. Light and electron microscopy, as enzyme histochemistry, showed that the cells lining these glands are...

Food additives and food components in total diets in The Netherlands

During a period of 2 years, every 2 months 126 different food items forming a 'market basket' were purchased, prepared and divided into twelve food commodity groups. The 'market basket' was based on a study of the dietary pattern of 16- to 18-year-old male adolescents. In the (homogenized) food group various additives and components of...

The effect of a fish diet on serum lipids in healthy human subjects

A cross-over study was done with 19 male and 23 female volunteers living in a monastery and a convent, respectively. The effect of a fat fish (mackerel) diet on the blood serum lipid composition was studied. As the normal diet of these volunteers was of the lacto-ovo-vegetarian type, a control diet in which the fish was replaced by full-fat...

The aetiology of caecal enlargement in the rat

The effect of hydroxypropyl starches (degree of substitution (DS) 0.025-0.106), lactose, raw potato starch, polyethylene glycol 1000 or magnesium sulphate on caecal size and some constituents of the caecal contents was studied in male rats of ages varying from 4 wk to 3 mth in experiments lasting from 10 days to 3 mth. All the test compounds...

Safety evaluation of yeast grown on hydrocarbons. II: One-year feeding study in rats with yeast grown on pure n-paraffins

Yeast grown on hydrocarbons according to the n-paraffin process of The British Petroleum Company Ltd. was fed to groups of male and female rats at dietary levels of 10, 20 and 30% for 1 yr. Two control diets were used, one being similar to the yeast diet but with soya-bean meal substituted for yeast and the other being the institute's stock diet...