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AlaskaAngel · 06-10-2010, 07:08 AM

Good morning Tanya! It is light very early here at this time of year.

Given that lignans are so helpful it would be nice if the use with bc wasn't so complicated, but I think you are right.

I also wondered when I read this part, just how the conclusions would be affected by the effects on the GI tract of bc patients from chemotherapy:

"In some of the studies, researchers also took blood or urine samples to measure participants' levels of enterolignans -- compounds created when intestinal bacteria interact with dietary lignans."

Chemotherapy and the support drugs for it significantly affect the flora of the GI tract...

No simple answers yet to the question of the use of flaxseed.

06-10-2010, 07:08 AM	#3
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: Lignans / flaxseed question Good morning Tanya! It is light very early here at this time of year. Given that lignans are so helpful it would be nice if the use with bc wasn't so complicated, but I think you are right. I also wondered when I read this part, just how the conclusions would be affected by the effects on the GI tract of bc patients from chemotherapy: "In some of the studies, researchers also took blood or urine samples to measure participants' levels of enterolignans -- compounds created when intestinal bacteria interact with dietary lignans." Chemotherapy and the support drugs for it significantly affect the flora of the GI tract... No simple answers yet to the question of the use of flaxseed.