DIM research

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Here is link to a study underway at UC Berkeley re: effect of DIM on

preventing breast cancer research:

http://www.cbcrp.org/research/PageGrant.asp?grant_id=2064

I have to admit that I can't follow 100% the technical details, but

am hoping that you, Carla, will comment on this as I know you've

expressed concerns about DIM. Seems the study is measuring effect

of DIM on an assortment of estrogen types.

While this study is focused on breast cancer prevention, I wonder if

positive results in reducing estrogen could translate into benefits

for fibroid sufferers? Again - a big question, and not one that I

am personally qualified to answer. My question is simply that - and

not a conclusion that DIM should be used to treat fibroids.

Though the research results were encouraging about DIM, I personally

don't consider a study completed on 19 women to be statistically

valid (as I deal with statistics for analytic model developments

quite a bit in my line of work).

( Pat - note that subjects in the study were women from Marin

County.)

Anyway .... certainly makes for some interesting reading and thought.