Flax Seeds and Prostate Cancer

Flax seed, also known as linseed and the common flax seed, is rich in omega-3 alpha linolenic acid, among other things. This alpha linolenic acid has been found, on the one hand, to be good for the heart, but on the other, to promote the growth of prostate cancer. Due to this reason, people are generally advised to avoid taking flax seed oil, which contains more alpha linolenic acid (ALA) in terms of percentage than the flax seed.

Even those who oppose the use of flax seed oil, which, in their opinion, stimulates prostate cancer, however agree that flax seeds are useful in helping to prevent its incidence. This is mainly because of the high dietary fiber content as well as the lignans in flax seeds. Their properties are beneficial to the prostate.

There are many conflicting reports based on research studies about the effects of flax seeds and flax seed oil on a gland called prostate in the male reproductive system. Some reports are totally against flax seeds because of their ALA, which enhances the incidence of prostate cancer. Others actually advance the opposite argument. These say that there is considerable evidence in favor of flax seed and even its oil to the effect that they are useful in the control of prostate cancer.

In this context, one likes to mention the flax oil treatment Dr. Johanna Budwig used for prostate cancer. The large numbers of men who have taken what is called the Budwig diet, which included cold and unprocessed flax oil extracted from flax seeds, vouch for its efficacy.

The debate, however, remains inconclusive as yet.

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