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RMIT Researcher in Breast Cancer Breakthrough
In a study conducted on volunteers in Melbourne, Leah Williamson from RMIT's Food Science and Technology School has made a breakthrough finding into the role of estrogens in breast cancer.
'We're now accustomed to the idea of good fats and bad fats, and good cholesterol and bad cholesterol,' Ms Williamson said. 'It is widely accepted that there are also good estrogens that are protective against breast cancer and bad estrogens that can increase the risk of a woman developing breast cancer.'
The good estrogen is 2-hydroxyestrone, the bad estrogen is 16-alpha hydroxyestrone.
Flaxseed Oil Review
Many people now realise the importance of consuming good fats and reducing harmful fats. A considerable amount of research and clinical evidence shows the health benefits of these good fats. The good fats are the two polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that can not be made in the body.
Drink Your Greens
Drinking green vegetable juice daily is a great way to detox, replace that nasty mid-afternoon snack and boost your diet with all-natural vitamins and minerals. But it doesn’t have to be hard. There is an easy way to benefit from vegetable juice—green vegetable powders.
Lignans likely to lessen Breast Cancer Risk
A postgraduate researcher from RMIT University will present the findings of her study into the effects of flaxseed lignans on reducing breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, at a series of prestigious conferences in Europe and Australia.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Mood Disorders
ABC Radio National - The Health Report
A paper in the American Journal of Psychiatry from Gordon Parker, Neville Gibson and other colleagues at the School of Psychiatry and Black Dog Institute at the University of NSW argues that diet and lack of omega-3 fatty acids typically found in seafood play a strong role in mood disorders.
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Melrose Sponsors Chimpanzees
Taronga Zoo
Melrose sponsors the older chimpanzees Fifi and Bessie at Taronga Zoo with Melrose Flaxseed Oil. Their keeper Allan Schmidt uses high omega 3 flaxseed oil to manage their arthritis and sore joints.
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