The practice of taking fresh essential fatty acids ceased long ago and was replaced by more marketable hydrogenated vegetable oils like margarine which are not only devoid of electrical energy and nutritional value but are carcinogenic and promote heart disease. Not only that, but synthetic oils are almost indigestible and show up on the body as cellulite. Taking fresh flax seed oil will drive cellulite out of the body and restore high energy levels. Dr. Johanna Budwig of Germany, the pioneer of EFA research, uses flax seed oil to successfully treat cancer and other degenerative diseases such as arthritis . Lignans are almost as important.
Flax seeds contain lignans but most formulas leave it out.
Lignans are thought to be the cancer preventative substance in high fiber foods. Flax seeds are the richest source, a hundred times greater than wheat germ. Mexican women, who have a diet high in lignans, have much less breast cancer than black or white women. Likewise, it is known that giving laboratory primates cancer is difficult because of the lignan content of their chow. A more concentrated source of lignans is Nutri-Fiber , a flax seed fiber product.