Flaxseed Oil Benefits and Information

All About Flaxseed

There are basically two types of flaxseed - brown and golden (yellow). The component that many people buy brown flaxseed for are its omega-3 fatty acids. Although it is important to note that the golden flax is actually low in omega-3 fatty acids.

Flax is also used to create vegetable oil / linseed oil and has been used commercially for hundreds of years.

There have been some studies that taking flaxseed as part of a diet may help some individuals with certain types of breast cancer (see notes at the bottom).

There has also been some talk of talking flaxseed to aid fertility.

Where to buy flaxseed oil and capsules:

1. Chen J, Wang L, Thompson LU (2006). "Flaxseed and its components reduce metastasis after surgical excision of solid human breast tumor in nude mice". Cancer Lett. 234 (2): 168–75. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2005.03.056. PMID 15913884.
2. Thompson LU, Chen JM, Li T, Strasser-Weippl K, Goss PE (2005). "Dietary flaxseed alters tumor biological markers in postmenopausal breast cancer". Clin. Cancer Res. 11 (10): 3828–35. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-2326. PMID 15897583.