all flaxseed info senders - Gee thanks!

[Guest guest]

Whoaaaaaaa! I just now got to look at all the answers to my

questions...Is flax healthy and what about phytates?

I had no idea two questions would get me such a debate. Thanks to

all for the info and thought provoking comments.

Heidi...I've not heard of high insulin causing depressed delta six

desaturase enzyme. It's not something I know much about. Could you

point me in the direction of more info on this?

And (not to start another debate) but here's one more question on

lignans. A while ago I remember a study that used 2 tbls of ground

flax daily in muffins to equal tamoxifin treatment with breast

cancer patients. The study came out from Canada (where flax is grown)

so I've wondered about it.

What I like to know is if it's necessarily bad to use phytoestrogens

to help rev up the estrogen when it's declining. My understanding is

that the man-made estrogenic compounds bind to estrogen receiving

sites when not enough is being produced. The phytoestrogens prevent

this from taking place by getting in there first. Is this a bad

thing??? Or maybe I'm way off in my thinking.

Lynn