From: "ANNIE GAZDAG" <GAZDAG@GANDALF.PHYSED.WISC.EDU>

Subject: Re: High protein diet: Eicosanoids or endometriosis?

> My cousin wrote me this e-mail so i thought i'd just forward it to

the list > julie thurnau (dietetic intern)

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> Forwarded message:

> From: lexday@ix.netcom.com

> To: JETHURNAU@aol.com

> Date: 97-02-13 12:18:50 EST

>

> Is this a question and answer forum?

>

> If it is will you ask if anyone has done any research on

> the relationship between Endometriosis and a high protein diet. Or if

> they have accepted Candidia as a cause. A more intellegent question might

> be if anyone besides Dr. Sears has done research between the correlation

> of eicosanoids(sp?)and the female reproductive system, and if research has

> been done between eicosanoids and how a high protein or a more balanced

> carb/protein ratio effects these hormones.

Barry Sears has not published a single study in a peer-reviewed

journal regarding his claim that eicosanoids rule the school and are

the key to good health, from "feeling good" to CVD to AIDS.

With respect to eicosanoids and the Zone Diet, it is not so much the

protein content of his diet that is expected to modulate eicosanoid

production. Rather, Sears contends that the low CHO content of the

diet will result in less insulin production. Insulin does play a

role in regulating certain pathways of eicosanoid biosynthesis. The

other aspect of his diet that he says will affect eicosanoid

production is the type of fat he insists upon, monounsaturated.

Annie