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Mike & Jane
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I obtained the actual research articles so I could read what the researchers found, not what Dr. Myers thought. If I have a hard time understanding a particular article, I contact the actual researchers themselves. That is what I did for my first book, and that is what I will continue to do when I update this first book since it is based on a lot of research studies. The second book, my cookbook, is soley a cookbook with very little text & research articles. I recommend that if you are ever in doubt, get the actual studies themselves. Many times you can get them right off the internet. If not, contact a local medical library and they usually can locate it for you. Good luck!! Jane Reinhardt-Martin, RD, LD Author: Flax Your Way to Better Health www.FlaxRD.com ----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Fackelmann To: FlaxSeedOil2@... Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [FlaxSeedOil2] ALA/Prostate cancer Jane - your examples show the weak/wrong basis of Dr Myers' statements. Could you advise where to get the (complete?) texts? Thank you Peter At 22:04 Uhr +0100 01.01.1998, Mike & Jane wrote: >Hello everyone: > >This is Jane, not Mike this time. I feel compelled to comment on this >discussion, for I am often asked on what I think about whether or not flax >oil is helpful or harmful regarding prostate cancer. I don't have time to >read all the previous posts, so I apologize up front if I have repeated >anything other people have contributed. > >Dr. Charlie Myers writes a very convincing message and certainly does not >tell you the whole picture. Here are some examples: >1) when he talks about the population studies, he fails to tell you that >the populations that had a higher rate of prostate cancer and higher >intakes of ALA(alpha-linolenic acid---the omega-3 fat found in flax), the >ALA source was NOT FLAXSEED. The ALA source was from high intakes of red >meat in the diet. So, making the assumption that flax oil will cause >prostate cancer is wrong. > >2) when he talks about the cell culture work where ALA is found to >increase proliferation rate in prostate cancer cell lines. Given the >instability of ALA and the fact that when you perform cell culture, you >basically use purified fatty acids and then allow them to cook for several >days in the incubator, it would not surprise anyone that highly >unsaturated fatty acids wouldn't behave the same way. It is doubtful that >you can take this cell culture work and assume that this would occur in >vivo studies. > >I find it very encouraging to hear testimonials from people on this list, >because it tells researchers that we don't have enough studies yet to >really make those hasty conclusions. Everyone makes a valuable >contribution on this list. Please keep those comments coming! > >Jane Reinhardt-Martin, RD, LD >Author: Flax Your Way to Better Health >www.FlaxRD.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FlaxSeedOil2-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
