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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-trendâ=â0.44), vegetables (HR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.69-1.14; p-trendâ=â0.56), or fruit (HR: 1.00; 95% CI: 0.79-1.26; p-trendâ=â0.64). 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-trendâ=â0.06). 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 Ă©conomie et dĂ©mocratie se pose dĂ©sormais, depuis ces derniĂšres annĂ©es, en des termes finalement trĂšs diffĂ©rents de ceux auxquels nous avaient accoutumĂ©s les dĂ©bats classiques. Elle n'est plus tant de savoir comment trouver le bon dosage, le bon Ă©quilibre entre nĂ©cessitĂ©s Ă©conomiques, contraintes sociales et exigences dĂ©mocratiques. Plus tragiquement, la question est celle de savoir dans quelle mesure l'imposition planĂ©taire de la nouvelle norme Ă©conomique â rentiĂšre et spĂ©culative â au nom de la dĂ©mocratie ne constitue pas une menace mortelle pour la survie de la dĂ©mocratie et des valeurs humanistes du pluralisme. La dĂ©mocratie au pĂ©ril de l'Ă©conomie ? Marc Humbert et Alain CaillĂ© ont rĂ©uni ici des textes issus d'un colloque international sur le thĂšme « DĂ©mocratie et Ăconomie ». Ce colloque a Ă©tĂ© organisĂ© Ă l'universitĂ© de Rennes 2 en novembre 2005, par PEKEA, un rĂ©seau international pluridisciplinaire qui a pour projet de construire un savoir politique et Ă©thique sur les activitĂ©s Ă©conomiques (Political and Ethical Knowledge in Economic Activities). L'organisation scientifique a Ă©tĂ© soutenue par le MAUSS (Mouvement AntiUtilitariste en Sciences Sociales). PEKEA rĂ©unit, notamment, des Ă©conomistes critiques et des chercheurs des diffĂ©rentes sciences sociales, autrement dit ceux qui rĂ©flĂ©chissent aux interdĂ©pendances et aux tensions entre capitalisme et dĂ©mocratie, tout en accueillant ceux qui sur le terrain expĂ©rimentent de nouvelles pratiques. Ce faisant il peut jouer un rĂŽle tout Ă fait central dans la formulation de nouveaux discours et de nouvelles normes universalisables qui permettent d'impulser une lutte planĂ©taire contre toutes les formes d'illimitation et de revivifier du mĂȘme coup l'idĂ©al dĂ©mocratique. Les textes rĂ©unis dans cet ouvrage qui offrent Ă la fois des apports thĂ©oriques et l'examen de nombreuses expĂ©rimentations 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-trendâ=â0.44), vegetables (HR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.69-1.14; p-trendâ=â0.56), or fruit (HR: 1.00; 95% CI: 0.79-1.26; p-trendâ=â0.64). 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-trendâ=â0.06). 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