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Flax Seeds & Breast Cancer
24 Nov 2020
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Articles by Dr Greger:

Videos by Dr Greger:

(2020) Flax Seeds & Breast Cancer Prevention

(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Flax seed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1."

(2012) Breast Cancer Survival & Lignan Intake

(3 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "One teaspoon of flax seeds may double one's daily production of lignans — phytonutrients that appear to play a role in both breast cancer prevention and survival."

(2014) Can Flaxseeds Help Prevent Breast Cancer?

(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Flax seed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1."

(2013) Flax Seeds & Breast Cancer Prevention

(4 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Young women at high risk for breast cancer given just a teaspoon of ground flax seeds a day showed fewer precancerous changes."

(2013) Flax Seeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Epidemiological Evidence

(3 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Lignan intake is associated with improved breast cancer survival in three recent population studies following a total of thousands of women after diagnosis."

(2013) Flax Seeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Clinical Evidence

(3 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of flax seeds in breast cancer patients finds flax appears to have the potential to reduce tumor growth — in just a matter of weeks."

(2007) Plant-Based Prevention

(4 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Phytonutrients may, in part, account for the benefits of whole plant foods in cancer prevention." Excerpt from the video:

"Another huge study: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. More plants; less cancer. Why? Dietary lignan intake. Lignans are one class of thousands of compounds called phytonutrients. Phyto- means plant. These are special plant nutrients. Best source of lignans on the planet? Flax seeds."

(2007) Just the Flax, Ma'am

(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Ground flax seed consumption may decrease breast cancer risk by slowing one's menstrual cycle. It may also control prostate enlargement as effectively as the leading prescription drug."

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