Flax seed can slow prostate cancer cell proliferation

[] Message: United States, Duke University Medical Center researchers 3 day in United States society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting reported that prostate cancer diet add flaxseed can be effective in delaying prostate cancer cell proliferation.

Flaxseed is rich with Omega-3 fatty acids, medical research believes that this component can affect cell signaling, and membrane, can reduce cell proliferation. In addition, flaxseed in Lignan content is high Lignan can and testosterone, estrogen, combining, blocking these hormones play a role in promoting the proliferation of cancer cells.

As a result of previous studies have found that limit dietary fat intake can slow prostate cancer cell proliferation, so researchers in experimental comparative analysis in the low-fat diet on prostate cancer.

They have selected a total of 161 man suffering from prostate cancer in men, it randomly divided into 4 groups: normal diet control group; eat flax seeds 30 g group; low-fat diet, that is, in its daily through the diet of total calories from fat, calorie intake accounted for less than 20%; eat flax seed and stick with low-fat diet group. The use of flax seed is after being crushed mixed with food or drink after the patient dose.

Approximately 30 days, these patients have accepted the prostate surgery. Researchers on their removal from the pathology analysis, analysis of the most important parameter is the proliferation rate of prostate cancer, the lower the proliferation rate indicate cancer cell proliferation speed is slow.

Results of a normal diet control group of proliferation of 2.38, low-fat diet group 2.93, taking flaxseed group 1.71, eating a low fat diet flaxseed and 1.58 group. This suggests that taking flaxseed, two groups of patients whose cancer cell proliferation rate significantly lower than the other two groups.

The researchers also noted that a simple low-fat diet does not seem to slow the proliferation of prostate cancer cells, and flaxseed, has obtained good results. They therefore estimated that reduce fat intake may increase the Omega-3 fatty acids in flax seed.

Researchers said that flax seed for slow prostate cancer cell proliferation in more accurate results, have yet to repeat experiments to verify. Experts will research flaxseed to different types of prostate cancer patients, the analysis of their taking the best of flaxseed anti-cancer and long-term administration of a dose effect.