On 5 Nov 2005 05:04:32 -0800, "jimbob" >
wrote:

>HI John, I didn't know what phytates were so I looked it up.
>

>"Phytates are generally found in foods high in fiber. Since fiber-rich
>foods protect against colon and breast cancers, it is now thought that
>they are the protective agent in the fiber."

I do not know how old your article is, but it has been disproved that
fiber protects against/inhibits colon or breast cancer.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fiber.html
"For years, Americans have been told to consume a high-fiber diet to
lower the risk of colon cancer - mainly on the basis of results from
relatively small studies. Larger and better-designed studies have
failed to show a link between fiber and colon cancer. One of these - a
Harvard study that followed over 80,000 female nurses for 16 years -
found that dietary fiber was not strongly associated with a reduced
risk for either colon cancer or polyps ."

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/co...ract/159/8/732
"This study also confirmed the lack of an overall association between
intake of fiber and fiber types and breast cancer risk observed in
other prospective studies. "

Boron