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You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

Resveratrol, curcumin, indole 3 carbinol, IP6 rice bran extract, vitamin D, and flax lignans, are being widely extolled in scientific journals such as Science and Nature Magazine, Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research, and many other journals. Why not begin to use them, in measured doses and concentrations that are known to work? Status quo One of the reasons why alternative medicine is not ready to break away from its past is that its practitioners, just like doctors who practice conventional cancer treatment, are financially dependent upon their therapies.

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Two tablespoons (15 grams) of ground flaxseed (Forti-Flax from Barleans), an organically-grown, herbicide-free source of cold-milled flaxseeds, which is low in calories (70), provides more than 50 mg of flax lignans, 320 mg of iron-binding IP6 phytate and 3,000 mg of omega-3 fatty acids in a 3-to-l ratio over omega-6 fatty acids. This is an unusual array of the right nutrients to prevent, treat and block the recurrence of breast and prostate cancers. Crushed flaxseed must be utilized to obtain the lignans and omega-3 oils.

Capsules containing standardized amounts of flax lignans, phytic acid and omega-3 fatty acids provide a more assured source of these nutritional factors. Summary It is obvious that commercial interests reign supreme over women's health concerns. Profiteering off of women's monthly hormonal swings and the cessation of their menstrual cycle in mid-life is widespread. It is a chilling fact that, after decades of research, that there still is no effective preventive measure for breast cancer.

Composition of oils Omega-3 Oil Omega-6 Oil Fish oil (salmon) 30% 20% Flaxseed oil 60% 20% were fed a regular diet with or without flaxseed, flax oil or flax lignans. Tumor growth rate was significantly lower in the flaxseed, flax oil and lignans groups. Spread of cancer to the lung was inhibited by all three forms of flax. Flax oil and flax lignan components inhibit cancer, not by inducing oxidation to kill cancer cells, but by other mechanisms. [International Journal Cancer 116: 793-98, 2005] Flax provides more than oil.

Estrogen-negative breast cancer cells were injected into mice and the animals The flaxseed conundrum and prostate cancer Flaxseed, flax oil and flax lignans sound like major cancer fighters, except there has been a pause in the enthusiasm for flax when it comes to prostate cancer. So much so that Harvard Men's Health Watch published a report in 2002 entitled: "Good for the heart but not for the prostate? The alpha linolenic acid dilemma.

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These flax lignans are important because of antiviral, anti-fungal, and antibacterial properties. flax lignans also have a vital role in helping prevent cancer. Estrogen is a suspected risk factor for breast cancer. Lignans are converted in the intestine to a form that binds to estrogen receptors. They also increase the production in the body of sex binding globulins, which remove excess estrogen from the body.

The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs Mark Blumenthal See book keywords and concepts

Current research suggests that flax lignans are anti-atherogenic (Prasad, 1997), antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic, and anticarcinogenic (Nesbitt and Thompson, 1997). Flax, and some of its derivatives, is being studied for lowering LDL serum cholesterol, prevention of some cancers, and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The largest flax producer is Canada (Haggerty, 1999). Flaxseed is an increasingly common ingredient in conventional foods, and is eaten either raw or in baked goods.

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Researchers attribute this reduction to mild estrogenic effects produced by flax lignans.s Cancer Researchers don't completely understand how ALA might work in helping to fight cancer, but have proposed several theories. Eating a diet rich in ALA not only encourages production of "good" prostaglandins, it also decreases production of "bad" (series 2) prostaglandins, which suppress immune function.13 Darshan Kelley, Ph.D.

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Researchers are particularly interested in the anticancer properties of flax lignans. Research on animals and humans has shown that lignans have a protective effect against hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast, uterine, and prostate cancer. Lignans increase sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG), which binds estrogen and helps to clear it out of the body. It also appears to block excessive stimulation of testosterone. Lignans are broken down by the gut flora into two compounds known as enterolactone and enterodiol.

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