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FRÆÐIGREINAR / PLÖNTUESTRÓGEN
Lokaorð
Það er margt sem bendir til þess að neysla plöntu-
estrógena geti verið gagnleg fyrir heilsu fólks, sér-
staklega kvenna, þó að áhrif þeirra séu enn ekki full
rannsökuð. Líklega eru jákvæð heilsufarsleg áhrif
sem tengd hafa verið neyslu plöntuestrógena þó ekki
eingöngu þeim að þakka, heldur gefur aukinn styrk-
ur þeirra í blóði og þvagi fólks einnig til kynna heil-
brigðar fæðuvenjur sem fela í sér neyslu trefjaríkrar
fæðu og heilbrigða þarmaflóru. Þó að grænmetis-
neysla hafi stóraukist á íslandi síðustu áratugi er enn
langt í að hlutur grænmetis og ávaxta nái því marki
sem æskilegt er í mataræði Islendinga. Það er því ljóst
að væri manneldismarkmiðum fylgt, með aukinni
neyslu á grænmeti, ávöxtum og grófu korni, gæti það
bætt verulega heilsufar þjóðarinnar.
Þakkir
Kristín Olafsdóttir lífefnafræðingur og Magnús Jó-
hannsson læknir fá bestu þakkir fyrir yfirlestur hand-
rits.
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