Flaxseed is no help for hot flashes, study finds

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Flaxseed is no help for hot flashes, study finds
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times/For the Booster Shots blog

June 6, 2011, 8:36 a.m.

"Flaxseed is widely believed to reduce the incidence and severity of hot flashes, both those resulting from menopause and those caused by estrogen-deprivation therapies in the treatment of breast cancer. But a new clinical trial has found that daily consumption of flaxseed is no more effective than a placebo in blocking symptoms, researchers reported Sunday at a Chicago meeting of the American Society of ClinicalOncology." linky

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