Hostname: page-component-77f85d65b8-5ngxj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-04-18T22:01:00.442Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Isoflavone intake in four different European countries: the VENUS approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2011

Marie-Agnes J. van Erp-Baart ,
Henny A. M. Brants ,
Mairead Kiely ,
Angela Mulligan ,
Aida Turrini ,
Colomba Sermoneta ,
Annamari Kilkkinen  and
Liisa M. Valsta
Marie-Agnes J. van Erp-Baart*
Affiliation:
TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
Henny A. M. Brants
Affiliation:
TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
Mairead Kiely
Affiliation:
Department of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition, University College Cork, Ireland
Angela Mulligan
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, and MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK
Aida Turrini
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, I-00178 Rome, Italy
Colomba Sermoneta
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, I-00178 Rome, Italy
Annamari Kilkkinen
Affiliation:
National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Nutrition Unit, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland
Liisa M. Valsta
Affiliation:
National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Nutrition Unit, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland
*
*Corresponding author: Dr A. M. J. van Erp-Baart, fax +31 30 6957952, email vanerp@voeding.tno.nl
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

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 data base 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.

Keywords

Isoflavones in EuropeDaidzeinGenisteinOestrogen-like compounds

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 89 , Issue S1: Effects of Phyto-oestrogens on Bone Health: the VENUS Concerted Action , June 2003 , pp. S25 - S30
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2003

References

Adlercreutz, H, Honjo, H & Higashi, A (1991) Urinary excretion of lignans and isoflavonoid phyto-oestrogens in Japanese men and women consuming traditional Japanese diet. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54, 1093.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cassidy, A & Faughnan, M (2000) Phyto-oestrogens through the life cycle. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 59, 489–496.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chen, Z, Zheng, W, Custer, LJ, Dai, Q, Jin, F & Franke, AA (1999) Usual dietary consumption of soy foods and its correlation with the excretion rate of isoflavonoids in overnight urine samples among Chinese women in Shanghai. Nutrition and Cancer 33, 82–87.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Day, N, Oakes, S, Luben, R, Khaw, K-T, Bingham, S, Welch, A & Wareham, N (1999) EPIC–Norfolk: study design, and characteristics of the cohort. British Journal of Cancer 80, Suppl. 1, 95–103.Google Scholar
De Kleijn, MJJ, van der Schouw, YT, Wilson, PWF, Adlercreutz, H, Mazur, W, Grobbee, DE & Jacques, PF (2001) Intake of dietary phyto-oestrogens is low in postmenopausal women in the United States: the Framingham Study. Journal of Nutrition 131, 1826–1832.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Harrington, KE, Robson, PJ, Kiely, M, Livingstone, MBE, Lambe, J & Gibney, MJ (2001) The North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey: survey design and methodology. Public Health Nutrition 4, 1037–1042.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ho, SC, Woo, JLF, Leung, SSF, Sham, ALK, Lam, TH & Janus, ED (2000) Intake of soy products is associated with better plasma lipid profiles in the Hong Kong Chinese population. Journal of Nutrition 130, 2590–2593.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Keinan-Boker, L, Peeters, PHM, Mulligan, AA, Navarro, C, Slimani, N & the EPIC Study Group on Soy Consumption (2002) Soy product consumption in 10 European countries: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Public Health Nutrition 5, 1217–1226.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kiely, M, Faughnan, M, Wähälä, K, Brants, H & Mulligan, A (2003) Phyto-oestrogen levels in foods: the design and construction of the Vegetal Estrogens in Nutrition and the Skeleton database. British Journal of Nutrition 89, Suppl. 1, S19–S23.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lambe, J, Kearney, J, Leclercq, C, Zunft, HFJ, De Henauw, S, Lamberg-Allardt, CJE, Dunne, A & Gibney, MJ (2000) The influence of survey duration on estimates of food intakes and its relevance for public health nutrition and food safety issues. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54, 166–173.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Liggins, J, Bluck, LJC, Runswick, S, Atkinson, C, Coward, WA & Bingham, SA (2000 a) Daidzein and genistein content in fruits and nuts. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 11, 326–331.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Liggins, J, Bluck, LJC, Runswick, S, Atkinson, C, Coward, WA & Bingham, SA (2000 b) Daidzein and genistein content in vegetables. British Journal of Nutrition 84, 717–725.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Liggins, J, Mulligan, A, Runswick, A & Bingham, SA (2002) Daidzein and genistein content of cereals. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 56, 1–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Löwik, MRH, Hulshof, KFAM, Brussaard, JH & Kistemaker, C (1999) Dependence of dietary intake estimates on the time frame of assessment. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 30, S48–S56.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Löwik, MRH, Hulshof, KFAM, van der Heijden, LJM, Brussaard, JH, Burema, J, Kistemaker, C & de Vries, PJF (1998) Changes in the diet in the Netherlands: 1987–88 to 1992. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 49, Suppl., S1–S64.Google Scholar
Mazur, W & Adlercreutz, H (2000) Overview of naturally occurring endocrine-active substances in the human diet in relation to human health. Nutrition 16, 654–678.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mazur, WM, Duke, JA, Wähälä, K, Rasku, S & Adlercreutz, H (1998) Isoflavonoids and lignans in legumes: nutritional and health aspects in humans. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 9, 193–200.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nagata, C, Kabuto, M, Kurisu, Y & Shimizu, H (1997) Decreased serum estradiol concentration associated with high dietary intake of soy products in premenopausal Japanese women. Nutrition and Cancer 29, 228.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Reinli, K & Block, G (1996) Phyto-oestrogen content of foods. A compendium of literature values. Nutrition and Cancer 26, 123–148.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Turrini, A, Leclercq, C & D'Amicis, A (1999) Patterns of food and nutrient intakes in Italy and their application to the development of food based dietary guidelines. British Journal of Nutrition 81, Suppl. 2, 83–89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Valsta, LM, Kilkkinen, A, Mazur, W, Nurmi, T, Lampi, A-M, Ovaskainen, M-L, Korhonen, T, Adlercreutz, H & Pietinen, P (2003) Phyto-oestrogen database of foods and average intake in Finland. British Journal of Nutrition 89, Suppl. 1, S31–S38.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Valtueña, S, Cashman, K, Robins, SP, Cassidy, A, Kardinaal, A & Branca, F (2003) Investigating the role of natural phytooestrogens on bone health in postmenopausal women. British Journal of Nutrition 89, Suppl. 1, S87–S99.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van Erp-Baart, AMJ (2000) Estimation of Isoflavone Intake in The Netherlands. TNO Report V2777. Zeist, The Netherlands: TNO.Google Scholar