Flax seeds contain phytoestrogens, which are tiny, weak, estrogen compounds. They are very helpful in the body because they compete with very strong estrogen, which we are now being exposed to, in the form of plastics, pesticides and other man-made industrial chemicals, which are toxic to us.
These tiny plant estrogen lower high estrogen levels before menopause, by competing with these strong estrogen. They are also capable of raising estrogen function after menopause, which means that the need for hormone replacement can be avoided.
Flax seed oil does not contain a lot of these phytoestrogens though, as these tiny compounds are mainly in the protein part of the seed, which is discarded when the oil is extracted. However the ‘Beyond Greens’ product contains these phytoestrogens, in the form of ground-up flax seeds.