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Environment & Energy

VanillaRhapsody

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6. and that's bullshit too...

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 13, 2014, 10:17 PM

Apr 2014

Flaxseed is sometimes tried for cancer because it is broken down by the body into chemicals called “lignans.” Lignans are similar to the female hormone estrogen - so similar, in fact, that they compete with estrogen for a part in certain chemical reactions. As a result, natural estrogens seem to become less powerful in the body. Some researchers believe that lignans may be able to slow down the progress of certain breast cancers and other types of cancers that need estrogen to thrive.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-991-FLAXSEED.aspx?activeIngredientId=991&activeIngredientName=FLAXSEED

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4 otherwise healthy foods crammed with estrogen [View all] unhappycamper Apr 2014 OP

this is hogwash... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #1

Yes, another rubbishy article from Junk Science, Inc. Warpy Apr 2014 #3

Is the part about flax, for example, "hogwash"? Jim Lane Apr 2014 #5

and that's bullshit too... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #6

Soy is also a heavy GMO crop, turns out. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #2

Organic tofu is not GM. roody Apr 2014 #4