Flaxseed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1.

New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/

The first half of the video is basically just a review of all the flax and breast cancer work I’ve already cover:
• Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Prevention (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-breast-cancer-prevention)
• Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Epidemiological Evidence (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-breast-cancer-survival-epidemiological-evidence/)
• Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Clinical Evidence (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-breast-cancer-survival-clinical-evidence/)

Flaxseeds may also help fight hormone-mediated cancers in men. See Flaxseed vs. Prostate Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseed-vs-prostate-cancer/) and Was It the Flaxseed, Fat Restriction, or Both? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/was-it-the-flaxseed-fat-restriction-or-both/)

What else can these puppies do? See:
• Flaxseeds vs. Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseed-vs-diabetes/)
• Flax Seeds for Sensitive Skin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-for-sensitive-skin/)
• Flax Seeds for Breast Pain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flax-seeds-for-breast-pain/)

I have another 100+ videos (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/breast-cancer/) on breast cancer if you want to become an expert and help take care of yourself and/or the women in your life. Here’s a few recent ones to get you started:
• Fiber vs. Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fiber-vs-breast-cancer/)
• Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much Is Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-alcohol-what-much-is-safe/)
• Breast Cancer Survival Vegetable (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-survival-vegetable/)
• BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/brca-breast-cancer-genes-and-soy)
• Cholesterol Feeds Breast Cancer Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-feeds-breast-cancer-cells/)
• Breast Cancer and Constipation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-constipation)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-flax-seeds-help-prevent-breast-cancer/ and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit: Justin Snow via Flickr.

https://NutritionFacts.org
• Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe
• Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate
• Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org
• Books: https://nutritionfacts.org/books
• Shop: https://drgreger.org