Flaxseed Lignans and Cancer

Flaxseed Lignans and Cancer- an article from Cancer Therapy Advisor can be accessed here:

Comments from Dr. Rosenberg on the Article:

Flaxseed has shown to inhibit proliferation of many different types of cancer in in-vitro and animal studies. The mechanisms of action are numerous, to include decreased expression of estrogen receptors, TNF-alpha, MMP-1, VEGF, and IL-6. In addition, repeat biopsies have actually shown a decrease in cancer cell proliferation (as measured by Ki-67) after one month of flaxseed (30 g per day). Although most of the research has been done with breast cancer, flaxseed seems to be effective on many cancers, regardless of estrogen expression.

So why aren’t oncologists recommending cancer patients (or those at high risk) take 30 g of flaxseed per day? Why don’t oncologists make recommendations regarding diet at all? Certainly, there have been any clinical trials on the ketogenic diet and cancer. The problem is that we have minimal to no prospective randomized human data. Even when institutions attempt to perform these trials, the accrual is so poor that the data is not statistically significant.

Having said all of the above, my recommendations for diet in the cancer patient, as I said previously, is a plan-based low glycemic diet. In addition, I believe we should all add 30 g of flaxseed daily.

 

 

healthyliving November 19th, 2018

Posted In: cancer care, Nutrition

Tags: cancer diet, flaxseed