An Overview of Global Flavonoid Intake and its Food Sources

Dietary patterns and food availability differ greatly between regions and countries around the world. As a result, there is a large variability in the intake of total flavonoids and flavonoid subclasses, and subsequently in their major food sources. However, we need to be aware of certain methodological issues when we compare studies on flavonoid intake

Consumption of fruits, vegetables and fruit juices and differentiated thyroid carcinoma risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.

Fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake is considered as probably protective against overall cancer risk, but results in previous studies are not consistent for thyroid cancer (TC). The purpose of this study is to examine the association between the consumption of fruits, vegetables, fruit juices and differentiated thyroid cancer risk within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. The EPIC study is a cohort including over half a million participants, recruited between 1991 and 2000. During a mean follow-up of 14 years, 748 incident first primary differentiated TC cases were identified. F&V and fruit juice intakes were assessed through validated country-specific dietary questionnaires. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using Cox regression models adjusted for potential confounding factors. Comparing the highest versus lowest quartile of intake, differentiated TC risk was not associated with intakes of total F&V (HR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.68-1.15; p-trend = 0.44), vegetables (HR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.69-1.14; p-trend = 0.56), or fruit (HR: 1.00; 95% CI: 0.79-1.26; p-trend = 0.64). No significant association was observed with any individual type of vegetable or fruit. However, there was a positive borderline trend with fruit juice intake (HR: 1.23; 95% CI: 0.98-1.53; p-trend = 0.06). This study did not find any significant association between F&V intakes and differentiated TC risk; however a positive trend with fruit juice intake was observed, possibly related to its high sugar content

La démocratie au péril de l'économie

La question des rapports entre économie et démocratie se pose désormais, depuis ces dernières années, en des termes finalement très différents de ceux auxquels nous avaient accoutumés les débats classiques. Elle n'est plus tant de savoir comment trouver le bon dosage, le bon équilibre entre nécessités économiques, contraintes sociales et exigences démocratiques. Plus tragiquement, la question est celle de savoir dans quelle mesure l'imposition planétaire de la nouvelle norme économique – rentière et spéculative – au nom de la démocratie ne constitue pas une menace mortelle pour la survie de la démocratie et des valeurs humanistes du pluralisme. La démocratie au péril de l'économie ? Marc Humbert et Alain Caillé ont réuni ici des textes issus d'un colloque international sur le thème « Démocratie et Économie ». Ce colloque a été organisé à l'université de Rennes 2 en novembre 2005, par PEKEA, un réseau international pluridisciplinaire qui a pour projet de construire un savoir politique et éthique sur les activités économiques (Political and Ethical Knowledge in Economic Activities). L'organisation scientifique a été soutenue par le MAUSS (Mouvement AntiUtilitariste en Sciences Sociales). PEKEA réunit, notamment, des économistes critiques et des chercheurs des différentes sciences sociales, autrement dit ceux qui réfléchissent aux interdépendances et aux tensions entre capitalisme et démocratie, tout en accueillant ceux qui sur le terrain expérimentent de nouvelles pratiques. Ce faisant il peut jouer un rôle tout à fait central dans la formulation de nouveaux discours et de nouvelles normes universalisables qui permettent d'impulser une lutte planétaire contre toutes les formes d'illimitation et de revivifier du même coup l'idéal démocratique. Les textes réunis dans cet ouvrage qui offrent à la fois des apports théoriques et l'examen de nombreuses expérimentations constituent une importante contribution en ce sens

Consumption of fruits, vegetables and fruit juices and differentiated thyroid carcinoma risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.

Fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake is considered as probably protective against overall cancer risk, but results in previous studies are not consistent for thyroid cancer (TC). The purpose of this study is to examine the association between the consumption of fruits, vegetables, fruit juices and differentiated thyroid cancer risk within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. The EPIC study is a cohort including over half a million participants, recruited between 1991 and 2000. During a mean follow-up of 14 years, 748 incident first primary differentiated TC cases were identified. F&V and fruit juice intakes were assessed through validated country-specific dietary questionnaires. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using Cox regression models adjusted for potential confounding factors. Comparing the highest versus lowest quartile of intake, differentiated TC risk was not associated with intakes of total F&V (HR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.68-1.15; p-trend = 0.44), vegetables (HR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.69-1.14; p-trend = 0.56), or fruit (HR: 1.00; 95% CI: 0.79-1.26; p-trend = 0.64). No significant association was observed with any individual type of vegetable or fruit. However, there was a positive borderline trend with fruit juice intake (HR: 1.23; 95% CI: 0.98-1.53; p-trend = 0.06). This study did not find any significant association between F&V intakes and differentiated TC risk; however a positive trend with fruit juice intake was observed, possibly related to its high sugar content

Relationship between serotypes, disease characteristics and 30-day mortality in adults with invasive pneumococcal disease

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