This paper resulted from a conference entitled “Lactation and Milk: Defining and refining the
critical questions” held at the University of Colorado School of Medicine from January 18–20…

Epidemiological and clinical studies have linked consumption of soy foods with low
incidences of a number of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and …

Infants fed soy formula are the segment of the US population that consumes the most soy.
Before birth and after weaning, most Americans are not exposed to appreciable levels of …

Risk of obesity in adult life is subject to programming during gestation. To examine whether
in utero exposure to maternal obesity increases the risk of obesity in offspring, we developed …

Maternal obesity is associated with placental lipotoxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation,
where MAPK activity may play a central role. Accordingly, we have previously shown that …

Lipogenic diets that are completely devoid of methionine and choline (MCD) induce hepatic
steatosis. MCD feeding also provokes systemic weight loss, for unclear reasons. In this study…

Recent studies have shown that some flavonoids are modulators of proinflammatory
cytokine production. In this study, velutin, a unique flavone isolated from the pulp of açaí fruit (…

Various physiologic effects of soy food consumption have been attributed to the estrogenic
actions of isoflavones. The order of estrogen receptor binding potency of soy-derived …

… Reproduced, with permission of the publisher, from Badger et al. (1993b). GnRH, gonadotropin
releasing … prepared from one-half of each pituitary sample by the method of Badger …

Background: The soy isoflavones genistein and daidzein are found in blood and tissues as
aglycones, glucuronides, and sulfates. Isoflavone conjugates may serve as sources of …