Comments on: Let’s Make October Breast Health Month–Ways You Can Promote Breast Health! http://www.bellisimagoddess.com/2009/10/11/lets-make-october-breast-health-month-and-ways-you-can-promote-breast-health/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Thoughts on Connecting to An Authentic, Bellisima Life! Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:57:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Donna Mazzitelli http://www.bellisimagoddess.com/2009/10/11/lets-make-october-breast-health-month-and-ways-you-can-promote-breast-health/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Donna Mazzitelli Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:16:29 +0000 http://www.bellisimagoddess.com/?p=413#comment-371 Hi Suzanne, Thanks so much for your comments! There hasn't been much written in the last couple of years about the benefits/potential benefits of flaxseed. I did find one article recently that raised questions about the benefits/risks of flaxseeds for women who've had estrogen sensitive cancers. You can read that article at http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/yourhealth/healthgate/getcontent.asp?URLhealthgate=%2221801.html%22. Quite awhile ago, I came across an article written in 2008. Here's the link to it: http://www.naturalnews.com/022625_cancer_estrogen_lignans.html. Lignans, such as flaxseed and green tea (which I drink lots of--organic, of course), contain phytoestrogens which compete with estrogen for estrogen receptor sites. This is a good thing, preventing the estrogen from attaching to the breast cells--the premise of how drugs such as tamoxifen work. Flaxseed is the richest source of lignans, apparently containing many times more than flaxseed oil. Back in 2001, Dr. Mercola advocated using ground flax seeds rather than flaxseed oil in your diet. Here's a link to an article he wrote: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/09/08/flaxseed-part-three.aspx. I've used both forms, grinding the flaxseeds with a coffee grinder. Flaxseed is also good for providing "lubrication" for joints and tissue, according to my acupuncturist. Depending on how the supplements are formulated, organic ground flaxseeds might be a better source, but that's not perfectly clear. I think--along with so many other foods, herbs, and supplements--after we gather the information, it's important to try and determine how we feel intuitively about the potential benefits of something, especially since there can be so many differing opinions and points of view. As an aside, research continues to point to the importance of having Vitamin D3 as part of one's daily regimen--most everyone does not have high enough levels of this very important vitamin for optimal health. According to a physician assistant friend of mine, taking it in drop form on the tongue is optimal for absorption and provides a higher rise in the D3 levels. Thanks again for your comments. Hi Suzanne, Thanks so much for your comments! There hasn’t been much written in the last couple of years about the benefits/potential benefits of flaxseed. I did find one article recently that raised questions about the benefits/risks of flaxseeds for women who’ve had estrogen sensitive cancers. You can read that article at http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/yourhealth/healthgate/getcontent.asp?URLhealthgate=%2221801.html%22.

Quite awhile ago, I came across an article written in 2008. Here’s the link to it: http://www.naturalnews.com/022625_cancer_estrogen_lignans.html. Lignans, such as flaxseed and green tea (which I drink lots of–organic, of course), contain phytoestrogens which compete with estrogen for estrogen receptor sites. This is a good thing, preventing the estrogen from attaching to the breast cells–the premise of how drugs such as tamoxifen work. Flaxseed is the richest source of lignans, apparently containing many times more than flaxseed oil. Back in 2001, Dr. Mercola advocated using ground flax seeds rather than flaxseed oil in your diet. Here’s a link to an article he wrote: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/09/08/flaxseed-part-three.aspx. I’ve used both forms, grinding the flaxseeds with a coffee grinder. Flaxseed is also good for providing “lubrication” for joints and tissue, according to my acupuncturist. Depending on how the supplements are formulated, organic ground flaxseeds might be a better source, but that’s not perfectly clear. I think–along with so many other foods, herbs, and supplements–after we gather the information, it’s important to try and determine how we feel intuitively about the potential benefits of something, especially since there can be so many differing opinions and points of view.

As an aside, research continues to point to the importance of having Vitamin D3 as part of one’s daily regimen–most everyone does not have high enough levels of this very important vitamin for optimal health. According to a physician assistant friend of mine, taking it in drop form on the tongue is optimal for absorption and provides a higher rise in the D3 levels.

Thanks again for your comments.

]]> By: Suzanne Bare http://www.bellisimagoddess.com/2009/10/11/lets-make-october-breast-health-month-and-ways-you-can-promote-breast-health/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Suzanne Bare Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:24:28 +0000 http://www.bellisimagoddess.com/?p=413#comment-369 Hi Donna, I love your website and blog! You have really got this down! Have you heard anything about lignans being good for breast health? They are made from flax seeds and the company that sells the supplements says they are good for breast health as well as PMS symptoms. I agree that there is too much focus after the fact when it comes to breast cancer. Hi Donna,

I love your website and blog! You have really got this down!

Have you heard anything about lignans being good for breast health? They are made from flax seeds and the company that sells the supplements says they are good for breast health as well as PMS symptoms.

I agree that there is too much focus after the fact when it comes to breast cancer.

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