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- Earlier i grew on taking flax seeds internally. So is it because flax seeds block estrogen receptor sites or because it is a phytoestrogen cos if thats the case then i probably can take other phytoestrogens too in order to grow or should i avoid them completely as i am progestrone defficient???

Hi Virginia,

I cannot answer all of your questions because I am relatively new to NBE as well, but I CAN clarify the above question about phytoestrogens and flax seeds/oil.

There are phytoestrogens that cause estrogenic effects and those that have antiestrogenic effects. Flax would be of the latter, which is probably why you grew from them. So, basically it is just a matter of finding out which phytoestrogens act LIKE estrogens, and which ones only BLOCK them and inhibit them. So yes, you can take other phytoestrogens, but you need to know which ones will help you and which ones will hinder you.

I hope this helped.