Flax Seeds
Overview
Flax Seeds are the Seeds from the Flax plant Linum usitatissimum (meaning "most useful") from the Linaceae family. Flax Seeds come in Golden and Brown varieties.
Health Benefits of (ground) Flax Seeds
Cardiovascular System
Flax Seeds may help to prevent Atherosclerosis. [1]
Flax Seeds may inhibit Stress-induced and Kidney damage-induced increases in Blood Pressure. [2]
Flax Seeds may help to prevent Ventricular Fibrillation (due to the Alpha-Linolenic Acid content of Flax Seeds). [3]
Digestive System
Flax Seeds may alleviate some disorders of the Colon (according to folklore).
Flax Seeds (2 - 3 teaspoons of ground Flax Seeds meal consumed with Water) may prevent and alleviate Constipation. [4]
Flax Seeds may improve Digestion.
Excretory System
Flax Seeds may improve the condition of Chronic Kidney Failure patients. [5]
Flax Seeds may improve the condition of (Lupus) Nephritis patients where Nephritis is caused by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). [6]
Hair
Flax Seeds may retard the progression of Hair Loss in people with Male Pattern Baldness (due to the Plant Lignans content of Flax Seeds inhibiting the binding of Dihydrotestosterone (the Hormone believed to cause Male Pattern Baldness) to Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG). [7]
Immune System
Flax Seeds may inhibit the development of some forms of Cancer. [8]
Flax Seeds may help to prevent Cancer - Breast (due to Plant Lignans in Flax Seeds that inhibit the Aromatase enzymes that are implicated in the proliferation of the cells involved in Breast Cancer). [9]
Flax Seeds may help to prevent Cancer - Colon. [10]
Flax Seeds may help to prevent the of Melanoma (and possibly other types of Cancer) (due to the Lignans content of Flax Seeds). [11]
Flax Seeds (30 grams per day) may help to prevent and treat (regress) Cancer - Prostate. [12]
Flax Seeds may alleviate the Nephritis (Lupus Nephritis) experienced by many Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients. [13]
Metabolism
Flax Seeds may lower Blood Sugar levels. [14]
Flax Seeds (50 grams per day) may lower total serum Cholesterol levels by up to 9%. [15]
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