Tag Archive: lignans breast cancer

Flax Helps Protect Against Breast Cancer by Influencing Estrogen Metabolism

Two clinical studies found postmenopausal women who ate a diet supplemented with 10g or 25g of milled flax for 7 weeks or 16 weeks2 increased the excretion of 2-hydroxyestrone in their urine, without increasing the excretion of 16∝-hydroxyestrone.

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Flax Lignans Have Anticancer Effects in Breast Tissue

Whole flax seeds and milled flax are excellent sources of lignans. Indeed, flax is the richest known dietary source of lignans.

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