Thought this was interesting. The product is inexpensive and definetely has health benefits. I am going to give it a trial for two or three months. I will let you know if there is any benefit.

Mary Jo

How Dietary Lignans Kill Cancer Cells

This essay is reposted from our subscription blog in the public interest. This essay may be one of the most important that I have ever written. Many plants, especially flax, contain compounds called pre-lignans. In the stomach, bacteria convert pre-lignans to lignans which are medically active against cancer cells. The medicinal value of certain grains like flax has been known for hundreds if not thousands of years. But no one really understood the nature of the biochemical pathways activated or inhibited by these cereal derived compounds. Until now... Two years ago I found a Canadian study that fed flax seed muffins to post menopausal women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. In 30 days, 31% of the cancer cells died. Significantly, the expression of the HER-2 metastasis enzyme decreased by over 70%. Since the press ignored this study, I sent out a press release. And all hell broke lose... The following URL and its hyperlinks contains all the information you need to know on this subject. http://grouppekurosawa.com/blog/2005/10/one-flax-seed-muffin-day-for-thirty Yet we still didn't know how flax lignans killed cancer cells. Now we do. This recently published study shows that lignans such as enterolactone induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cells by some remarkable biochemical pathways. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/queryd.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&
dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17876055&itool=pubmed_docsum Enterolactone (ENT) induces apoptosis by a diversity of pathways. First, it destablizes the mitochondrial membrane resulting in the release of cytochrome c into the cytoplasm. This is STEP ONE in the initiation of apoptosis. Second, ENT activates the caspase-3 enzyme, an important initiator of apoptosis. Third, ENT decreases the phosphorylation, and activity, of AKT, an essential enzyme which promotes the survival of cancer cells. AKT activation is fundamentally involved in the activation of aerobic glycolysis in cancer cells. Fourth, ENT promotes p53 expression while inhibiting the expression of its inhibitor, MDM2. P53 is the most important tumor suppressor in the body. Although this research was conducted on highly malignant prostate cancer cell lines, the data applies to ALL cancers and leukemias. This one research article has overwhelming implications for the treatment of all cancers. In the last two blog essays, I reported how Steven Evans, a fellow cancer scientist and Zen Buddhist, helped a man with terminal prostate cancer reduce his PSA count from 155 to 14 in less than two months. Although the man partially followed the Grouppe Kurosawa treatment protocol, I feel the important change to the protocol was the addition of a pre-lignan concentrate that was standardized to 105 mgs/tablespoon. In the breast cancer study, the women ate flax muffins standardized to 50 mgs of pre-lignans per muffin. The man with prostate cancer consumed 2-4 times more pre-lignans in his diet. The anti-cancer affects of lignans must be responsible for the rapid decrease in his PSA count. The following two essays, written by Steven Evans, describe this man's history and a nice recipe for medicinal flax muffins. http://grouppekurosawa.com/blog/2007/10/grouppe-kurosawa-cytotoxic-treatment http://grouppekurosawa.com/blog/2007/10/grouppe-kurosawa-cytotoxic-treatment_02 Steven Evans had this man daily consume at least one tablespoon of this flax concentrate, standardized to 105 mgs a tablespoon. This product is organic and cold milled. Cold milling is important because heat destroys many important dietary medicinal products. This product is packed in vacuum sealed aluminum bags. When opened, the product must be kept in the freezer to maintain biological activity. In reality, the man probably consumed 200 mgs of pre-lignans per day. You do not need to make muffins. You can simply spread this flax product on cereal, yogurt, salads, or cooked vegetables. Go to our home page, http://www.grouppekurosawa.com. At the bottom of the page, click VitaCost. Type in JF218003 and the product info will be presented. Stock up on this product before it is sold out. There is NO limit to how much of this product you can take daily if you have cancer. It is inexpensive and potentially extremely powerful against all cancers and leukemias. When combined with other agents, such as curcumin and acetaminophen, its therapeutic powers can only be magnified. Stay tuned...