A clinical study has shown that SDG phytoestrogen in particular, exhibits agonist/reactive properties to the estrogen receptor.28. This propriety is of specific value to post-menopausal women, which typically exhibit low estrogen levels.

Women consuming lignan-rich flaxseed oil products generally report a reduction in breast tenderness, bloating, hot flashes, sweating, vaginal dryness, and other symptoms related to PMS and menopause.29. This is due to the lignan estrogenic activity. For years, people have been trying to regulate menstrual cycles. Lignans in flaxseed have been shown to regulate the menstrual cycle. In one study, women consuming lignans in flaxseed did not miss a single cycle, compared to the control group that missed several cycles.38.

In another study women supplemented their diet with a dose of 10g/day of flaxseed. It resulted in elevated progresterone/estradiol ratios in the luteal phase: this was due to a decreased estradoil concentration. The concentration of lignans measured in the urine showed the level of lignans absorbed. Thus flax lignans clearly has a significant impact on controlling the menstrual cycle.31.

Lignans may also offer a benefit to those men who are athletic, do heavy lifting or strenuous work by preventing damage to muscles. It was demonstrated that rats that were pretreated with a lignan-enriched extract were protected against physical exercise induced muscle damage.36.

Prostate Cancer is a disease that primarily occurs in men over sixty years old. By the age of eighty, 80% of all men have prostrate cancer to some extent. Fortunately, in most cases it is a slow growing cancer. The rate of prostrate is rising in the USA in part because of a high -fat diet and exposure to chemicals. Flaxseed ingestion produces large amounts of mammalian lignans with weak estrogenic /anti-estrogenic properties. In tests these properties reduced adult relative prostrate weight and cell proliferation, suggesting potential protection against prostatic disease, without affecting hormone levels.19.

Researchers from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Carduff, United Kingdom, determined the concentration of lignans in prostrate fluid from Portuguese, Chinese and British men. The mean concentration or entrerolactone and other plant estrogens were very high among Portuguese and Asian men, respectively. The research team concluded that the levels of lignans and related plant estrogens may be responsible, in part for lower incidences of prostrate cancer in men from Mediterranean countries.20.<br>

A very recent study involved twenty five patients with prostrate cancer, which were given a lignan-rich flaxseed supplementation. The results show a favorable affect on prostrate cancer biology and associated biomakers.21.

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36. Ko, K. M., Duncan, H., Phytotherapy Research, vol. 10, Issue 5, 1996, pp.450-452.
19. Tou, J et all., Jour. Toxicol Environ, Health 1999, 56(8):55.
20. Morton, M. S., et al. "Lignans and Isoflavonoids in Plasma and Prostratic fluid in men: samples from Portugal, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom" Prostrate, 1997: 32(2):122-8.
21. Denmark-Wahnefried, W., et al., Urology, Jul., 2001, 58(1):47-52.

All of which just might translate into increased health benefits in the areas of heart disease, menopause symptoms, arthritis and breast, colon and prostate cancers.

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Fat OMEGA 3 Oil:

Start with 1 Tablespoon (T) ground flax seed and work up to 3T (¼ cup) of ground seed per day. Take the time to let your body adjust to the fiber content to determine the best timeframe for you. Freshly ground Flax seeds allows your body to absorb the nutrients easily for maximum health benefits.

- Shelf life of Whole Flax Seed is several years at room temperature in cool, dry storage
- Shelf life for cold milled processed Ground Flax Seed is 9-12 months, refrigerated.
- Shelf life for conventionally Ground Flax Seed is 6 months, refrigerated and unopened