Vanessa,
Flaxseed oil does not have any estrogenic properties.
Ground flaxseeds have compounds called phytoestrogens, but that is a different form of estrogen that causes problems. Indications so far suggest that it helps to lower the estrogen dominance in women and also in men.
This is from Dr. Mercola's site:
"Ground flaxseed may contain compounds that protect postmenopausal women from breast cancer Blood levels of specific estrogens linked to increased risk for breast cancer decreased significantly with flax supplementation.
Previous studies have suggested that naturally occurring compounds called phytoestrogens, work to lower levels of circulating estrogens linked to breast cancer. Flaxseed is especially high in one such phytoestrogen, lignan, which is thought to inhibit estrogen production."
Or look at this:
"Lignans subdue cancerous changes once they've occurred, rendering them less likely to race out of control and develop into full-blown cancer, " says flax researcher Lilian Thompson, Ph.D., professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Toronto.
Lignans show particular promise for battling breast cancer. They do this by blocking the effects of estrogen, which, over time, seems to increase breast cancer risk in some women. Even when estrogen-sensitive tumors get a chance to grow, lignans exert a restraining influence that can slow or even halt their growth. In a laboratory study, breast tumors in animals given flaxseed shrank by 50 percent in seven weeks.
Wilhelm
What about flax seed oil's estrogenic properties? any reason that would be a
negative for estrogen positive, premenopausal breast cancer patient?
THank you!
vanessa
