For now, I'll continue the program as it is. Flax seed is not something I expect great benefits from at this time. It does increase Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) if 10-25 % of a diet is replaced by flax seed, but not in NBE doses.
In this group of postmenopausal women, consuming flaxseed (5,000 - 10,000 mg) in addition to their habitual diets influenced their endogenous hormone metabolism by decreasing serum 17-estradiol and estrone sulfate and increasing serum prolactin concentrations:
http://www.encognitive.com/files/Flaxsee...0Women.pdf
There was no change in SHBG.
13,500 mg had no effect on SHBG in young men:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...1705806876
My own good experience with broken flax seed
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=30327&highlight=linseed#pid30327
and Ginie's
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=7251&pid=25714&highlight=flaxseed+%28crushed%29#pid25714
could be explained by the increase in prolactin, since we were both using only flax seeds, at a time when we were not short on estrogens.
MoK217 may have stopped growth because of the decrease in estrogen:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=7876&pid=30134&highlight=%22flaxseed+oil%22#pid30134
Marisa Miller Wannabe probably broke out because flax lignan inhibits aromatase:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8960&pid=31547&highlight=breakouts#pid31547
When aromatase is inhibited, testosterone cannot be converted to estrogen. The only way out for testosterone is DHT then. DHT causes the breakouts.
My feeling at the moment is that flax works well in a program that has no other way to stimulate the secretion of prolactin. And even then, only when there are plenty of estrogens.
In this group of postmenopausal women, consuming flaxseed (5,000 - 10,000 mg) in addition to their habitual diets influenced their endogenous hormone metabolism by decreasing serum 17-estradiol and estrone sulfate and increasing serum prolactin concentrations:
http://www.encognitive.com/files/Flaxsee...0Women.pdf
There was no change in SHBG.
13,500 mg had no effect on SHBG in young men:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...1705806876
My own good experience with broken flax seed
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=30327&highlight=linseed#pid30327
and Ginie's
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=7251&pid=25714&highlight=flaxseed+%28crushed%29#pid25714
could be explained by the increase in prolactin, since we were both using only flax seeds, at a time when we were not short on estrogens.
MoK217 may have stopped growth because of the decrease in estrogen:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=7876&pid=30134&highlight=%22flaxseed+oil%22#pid30134
Marisa Miller Wannabe probably broke out because flax lignan inhibits aromatase:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8960&pid=31547&highlight=breakouts#pid31547
When aromatase is inhibited, testosterone cannot be converted to estrogen. The only way out for testosterone is DHT then. DHT causes the breakouts.
My feeling at the moment is that flax works well in a program that has no other way to stimulate the secretion of prolactin. And even then, only when there are plenty of estrogens.