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Chickens fed a diet of flaxseed for a year experienced a decreased severity of ovarian cancer and higher survival rates. The finding is important because the chicken is the only animal where ovarian cancer develops on the ovary surface, as it does in humans. Flaxseed, the richest plant source of alpha-linolenic acid, has also been shown to inhibit the formation of colon, breast, skin, and lung tumors. (Credit: U. Illinois)
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Chickens consuming a diet rich in flaxseed experienced a decreased severity of ovarian cancer and increased survival rates. The finding is significant because ovarian cancer in humans develops in a similar way. Continue…
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Flaxseed nudges down high cholesterol
IOWA STATE(US)—New findings suggest there may be a way for men to combat high cholesterol without drugs—if they don’t mind sprinkling some flaxseed into their daily diet. (more…)
