Herbal Medicine, Healing & Cancer by Yance

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Herbal Medicine, Healing & Cancer " by Yance

" Flaxseed oil is rich in essential fatty acids, particularly ALA, which,

when taken in combination with sulfur-rich proteins, actually works to

create a new food. This was first discovered and made famous by Johanna

Budwig, a West German physician who had done a great deal of research on the

oil-protein

combination. She discovered that EFAs need to bind to sulfur-rich proteins

(she used low-fat cottage cheese) before the body can properly assimilate

them.

Budwig found that by feeding people with terminal cancer this oil-protein

combination, the yellowish-green substance in their blood was replaced by

the

healthy red pigment, hemaglobin. The phosphatides returned and the

lipoproteins reappeared.

Of all the deficiencies that may exist in people with cancer, perhaps those

that are most important and totally ignored are EFAs, which, when taken with

protein, enhance our albumin levels. Albumin is a blood protein of immense

importance to good health. When flaxseed oil and sulfur-rich protein are

combined,

the ALA and the EFAs in the flaxseed oil become water-soluble and

electron-rich; this causes the cell membrane to become more stable by making

it more

flexible and fluidlike. The electron-rich fatty acids now allow for

efficient transport of materials and energy between the inner and outer cell

membrane.

This is important to the health of all cells and to the entire immune

system.

A simple recipe for achieving these cellular benefits is to add 1 to 2

teaspoons of flaxseed oil or ground flaxseeds to 1 cup of organic yogurt

(preferabley

goat or soy yogurt).

Omega-3 fatty acids are extremely important because they modulate

prostaglandins, which are very active biological substances important to

nearly every

bodily function. They suppress tumor-promoting prostaglandin E2 by

increasing prostiglandin E3 and suppressing AA. They also inhibit cancer

wasting. EPA

and ALA, as well as other related omega-3 fatty acids, plus GLA from evening

primrose oil, have been found to kill a number of tumor-cell lines and cause

a significant reduction in tumor growth in animal studies. " (pp.219-220)

" 1: Carcinogenesis 1996 Jun;17(6):1373-6

Flaxseed and its lignan and oil components reduce mammary tumor growth at a

late stage of carcinogenesis.

LU, Rickard SE, Orcheson LJ, Seidl MM.

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Flaxseed, a rich source of mammalian lignan precursor

secoisolariciresinol-diglycoside (S.D.) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), has

been shown to be protective

at the early promotion stage of carcinogenesis. The objective of this study

was to determine whether supplementation with flaxseed, its lignan or oil

fractions,

beginning 13 weeks after carcinogen administration, would reduce the size of

established mammary tumors (present at the start of treatment) and

appearance

of new tumors in rats. Dietary groups consisted of the basal diet (BD, 20%

corn oil) alone or supplemented with a gavage of 2200 nmol/day S.D. [s.D.,

equal

to level in 5% flaxseed (F)], 1.82% flaxseed oil (OIL, equal to level in 5%

F) or 2.5% or 5% flaxseed (2.5% F and 5% F, respectively). After 7 weeks of

treatment, established tumor volume was over 50% smaller in all treatment

groups (OIL, 2.5% F, 5% F, P < 0.04; S.D., P < 0.08) while there was no

change

in the BD group. New tumor number and volume were lowest in the S.D. (P <

0.02) and 2.5% F (P < 0.07) groups. The combined established and new tumor

volumes

were smaller for the S.D., 2.5% F and 5% F groups (P < 0.02) compared to the

OIL and BD groups. The high negative correlation (r = -0.997, P < 0.001)

between

established tumor volume and urinary mammalian lignan excretion in the BD,

S.D., 2.5% F and 5% F groups indicates that the reduction in tumor size is

due

in part to the lignans derived from the S.D. in flaxseed. However, there was

no relationship between new or total tumor development and urinary lignan

levels. The effect of flaxseed oil may be related to its high ALA content.

In conclusion, the S.D. in flaxseed appears to be beneficial throughout the

promotional phase of carcinogenesis whereas the oil component is more

effective at the stage when tumors have already been established.

PMID: 8681458 [PubMed - indexed for

MEDLINE] " medline

" 1: Cancer Lett 1999 Jul 19;142(1):91-6

Dietary supplementation with secoisolariciresinol diglycoside (SDG) reduces

experimental metastasis of melanoma cells in mice.

Li D, Yee JA, LU, Yan L.

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine,

Omaha, NE 68124-0405, USA.

We investigated the effect of dietary supplementation with

secoisolariciresinol diglycoside (SDG), a lignan precursor isolated from

flaxseed, on experimental

metastasis of B16BL6 murine melanoma cells in C57BL/6 mice. Four diets were

compared: a basal diet (control group) and the basal diet supplemented with

SDG at 73, 147 or 293 micromol/kg (equivalent to SDG provided in the 2.5, 5

or 10% flaxseed diet). Mice were fed the diet for 2 weeks before and after

an intravenous injection of 0.6 x 10(5) tumor cells. At necropsy, the number

and size of tumors that formed in the lungs were determined. The median

number

of tumors in the control group was 62, and those in the SDG-supplemented

groups were 38, 36 and 29, respectively. The last was significantly

different

from the control (P < 0.01). Dietary supplementation with SDG at 73, 147 and

293 micromol/kg also decreased tumor size (tumor cross-sectional area and

volume) in a dose-dependent manner compared with the control values. These

results show that SDG reduced pulmonary metastasis of melanoma cells and

inhibited

the growth of metastatic tumors that formed in the lungs. It is concluded

that dietary supplementation with SDG reduces experimental metastasis of

melanoma

cells in mice.

PMID: 10424786 [PubMed - indexed for

flaxseed melanoma-medline

MEDLINE] "

Protective effects of dietary phytoestrogens in chronic renal disease.

1: J Ren Nutr 2001 Oct;11(4):183-93

Protective effects of dietary phytoestrogens in chronic renal disease.

Ranich T, Bhathena SJ, Velasquez MT.

Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine,

Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA.

Phytoestrogens are naturally occuring plant compounds that are present

primarily in soybeans as isoflavones and in flaxseed as lignans. Because of

their

structural similarity to endogenous estrogens, phytoestrogens bind to both

estrogen receptors (ER)-alpha and beta (but more strongly to ER-beta) and

exert

estrogen-like effects. There is increasing evidence that dietary

phytoestrogens have a beneficial role in chronic renal disease. Nutritional

intervention

studies have shown that consumption of soy-based protein and flaxseed

reduces proteinuria and attenuates renal functional or structural damage in

animals

and humans with various forms of chronic renal disease. It is not clear

which component(s) of the soybean or flaxseed is (are) responsible for the

protective

effects observed in experimental animals and in limited studies in humans.

Vegetable protein has been shown to have a beneficial effect on renal

disease

in animals and humans. Thus, the role of soy and flaxseed cannot be ruled

out. Isoflavones and lignans are readily absorbed from the gut and converted

to active metabolites, which may be partly responsible for the beneficial

renal effects of soy protein and flaxseed. In addition, an interaction

between

type of protein and phytoestrogens is also possible. The biological actions

of isoflavones and lignans have been well defined in different cell types in

vitro and also in vivo, but how these compounds might reduce renal injury

remains to be elucidated. Possible mechanisms include inhibition of cell

growth

and proliferation via ER-mediated mechanisms or non-ER-mediated pathways

through inhibition of tyrosine protein kinases, modulation of growth factors

involved

in extracellular matrix synthesis and fibrogenesis, inhibition of

cytokine-induced activation of transcription factors, inhibition of

angiogenesis, antioxidative

action, suppression of platelet activating factor and platelet aggregation,

and immunomodulatory activity. To date, clinical trials in humans are few,

of relatively short duration, and involve a small number of patients.

Prospective randomized trials are needed to evaluate the long-term safety

and effectiveness

of dietary phytoestrogens on renal disease progression in patients with

chronic renal failure. Copyright 2001 by the National Kidney Foundation,

Inc.

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" Flaxseed contains Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), a potent

antioxidant and a known precursor of the mammalian lignans, enterolactone

and enterodiol.

These compounds have other pharmacological properties including

phytoestrogen properties similar to isoflavones. Studies performed in the

Department of

Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, have shown that

SDG prevents the development of hypercholesterolemic atherosclerosis,

reduces

total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, and has a tendency to raise

HDL-cholesterol in animal models. In addition, SDG has shown the ability to

lower blood

pressure, and has demonstrated that it is effective in preventing diabetes

mellitus (Type I and Type II) and endotoxic shock. "

" The rapid rate of postmenopausal bone loss is mediated by the inflammatory

cytokines interleukin-1, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Dietary

supplementation with flaxseeds and flaxseed oil in animals and healthy

humans significantly reduces cytokine production while concomitantly

increasing

calcium absorption, bone calcium, and bone density. Possibilities may exist

for the therapeutic use of the omega-3 fatty acids, as supplements or in the

diet, to blunt the increase of the inflammatory bone resorbing cytokines

produced in the early postmenopausal years, in order to slow the rapid rate

of

postmenopausal bone loss. Evidence also points to the possible benefit of

gamma-linolenic acid in preserving bone density. (Kettler D, Altern Med Rev,

6(1): 61, 2001) "

" Results of many studies indicate that consumption of n-3 fatty acids can

benefit persons with cardiovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

However,

encapsulated fish oil is unlikely to be suited to lifetime daily use and

recommendations to increase fish intake have not been effective. Foods

naturally

rich in n-3 fatty acids, such as flaxseed meal can be used to achieve

desired biochemical effects without the ingestion of supplements or a change

in dietary

habits. A wide range of n-3-enriched foods could be developed on the basis

of the therapeutic and disease-preventive effects of n-3 fatty acids.

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Friday April 13 06:39 PM EDT Study: Common Seed Fights Cancer A recent

Canadian study shows that a common seed may be a promising new cancer

fighter, researchers

say. Dr. Gross of Princess Margaret Hospital and a team of researchers

from the University of Toronto asked a group of newly diagnosed breast

cancer

patients to eat two tablespoons of ground flaxseed in a muffin each day.

Then, Gross' research team analyzed samples of their tumors. The study found

that

flax actually slowed the growth of breast cancer. " The scientific community

is very interested in this study, " Gross said. " We've been bombarded by

other

investigators from around the world. " Researchers found that in less than a

month, the women taking flaxseed slowed their rate of tumor growth by up to

33 percent. There also was nearly a 60-percent drop in the spread of the

most aggressive cancer cells. " Flaxseed is the first nutritional product

that

has been studied, and that has produced hard scientific evidence, " Gross

said. According to the study, researchers believe that a fiber in the seed

helps to sweep the hormone estrogen out of the body, which blocks its

ability to make tumors grow.