Flax Hull Lignans Plus

Contents

Introduction History of Flax What is Lignan Availability Usage Available Literature Questions & Comments Newsletter Notes User Testimonials

We are now being supplied the Flax Hull Lignans by the originator (the only originator) of this product who is headquartered in the United States. Previously we ordered from a supplier in Canada who was simply a distributor. The label is different from the previous version; it is the same product, same quality.

Introduction

For many years scientists have been studying the flax seed and its oil. After recognizing the beneficial effects of adding flax to the diet, researchers began to look at the healing components of the seed. The main substance identified as having a profound effect on health is the “lignans” found in the flax shell, which is also called SDG (Secoisolariciresninol diglycoside).

This article appeared in HSI Alert, the newsletter of Health Sciences Institute:

Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans

It was one of those moments that makes working for HSI (Health Sciences Institute) so rewarding and exciting. I had received an email out of the blue, telling me about a new discovery with results that were nothing short of astounding . . . Stage 4 cancer patients cancer free within two months. Tumor metastasis reduced by 82 percent.

A human study in which 31 percent of cancer cells were flat out killed in thirty days. In another study, mice fed this substance ended up with half the tumors of the control group.

Oh, and the incredible results weren't limited to cancer. People with Type 2 diabetes have stopped needing shots of insulin. Men with enlarged prostates have started sleeping through the night.

This intriguing email was from Wendy Selvig of the AIDS Research Assistance Institute -- a non-profit organization in Mansfield, TX. And as much as Wendy's email got my heart racing, it was tempered with a strong dose of skepticism. With HSI's worldwide reputation for uncovering the best health breakthroughs, we receive word of new products every single day, and we are extremely careful about choosing only the very best to introduce to you.

So I immediately picked up the phone and gave Wendy a call. And the story she told me -- of an all-natural disease-killing dynamo backed up by some very impressive science -- was astounding. But it was the source of this miracle cure that just about made me drop the phone.

The latest breakthrough in cancer treatment is . . . flax?!

Wait, wake up; I can hear you snoring. Of course you've heard of flax seed. Nothing new there, right? But, this isn't the same flax seed you've been seeing on the health food store shelves. In fact, it's not flax seed at all. The breakthrough that takes aim at cancer cells like a heat-seeking missile is Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans.

Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans are not flax seeds. Rather, they are concentrated directly -- using a special process -- from flax seed shells, or hulls, which typically don't make it into the bags of flax seed in the store. Which is a shame, because it turns out the vast majority of the disease fighting lignans in the flax seed are located in the hull that encases the seed.

The nutrients contained in flax seeds are highly concentrated in the shells -- one teaspoon of Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans contains the nutritional equivalent of two gallons of flax seed. Yes, gallons. And flax seed oil? Forget it. There are practically no lignans contained in the oil. You might be wondering what these lignans are exactly. Lignans are a group of chemical compounds found in plants. They're one of the major classes of phytoestrogens (you might have seen that word before in discussions about soy), which are chemicals that act as antioxidants. Flax seed is the richest source of lignans in the plant kingdom, containing up to 800 times more than any other plant source. There are 27 different lignans in the flax seed and scientists believe they all work together to provide their amazing health benefits.

The major lignan in flax seed is called secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG). It's actually a lignan precursor, which means its power isn't unlocked until it is metabolized by your body. In the intestines, SDG becomes two lignans. These lignans have the power to wipe out cancer, as well as do battle against diabetes, shrink enlarged prostates, boost the immune system . . . in fact, as my research went on, I found there's not much these lignans can't do.

A New Process Unlocks This Superfood's Disease-fighting Prowess

Though scientists have known for some time that the flax seed hulls have an amazing nutritional profile, they've been at a loss as to how to unlock those nutrients. Finally, a farmer invented a chemical-free method of mechanically separating the lignan-rich hulls from the rest of the flax.

Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans boast a pure lignan content of up to 65%. Each scoop of the product contains 150-300 mg of SDG per serving. That's 70 times the amount of SDG typically contained in the same amount of traditional ground flax seed.

In addition to their lignan content, flax seed hulls contain high levels of Omega-3s, as well as off-the-charts antioxidants. To put it in perspective -- kale has one of the highest ORAC values (this is the measurement of a food's antioxidant content) at 1,770 per 100 grams. Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans? They come in at a whopping 19,600 per 100 grams. The hulls also contain 4.3g of fiber and 2.8g of protein in each tablespoon. And while the nutritional value of Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans is certainly a bonus, the true value of the product is in its promise as a potent cancer killer.

The evidence I found for SDG's effects on cancer is nothing short of incredible. The most exciting study was carried out in Canada on a group of postmenopausal women with newly-diagnosed breast cancer.

Each day for a month, the women in the test group ate a flaxseed muffin containing a predetermined concentration of SDG. After only one month, the growth of the cancer cells was reduced by 34.2%. Even better, 31% of cancer cells were completely killed, and the expression of the cancer growth receptor Her2 (c-erB2) decreased by 71%.2 Her2 is part of a family of genes that help to regulate cell growth. Some breast cancers, for reasons no one really understands, undergo a gene amplification. So, instead of having two gene copies of the Her2 gene as in a normal cell, there are multiple copies.

This results in cell growth regulation going haywire. Tumors grow more quickly, are more aggressive, and are less sensitive to chemotherapy. This can also occur in other cancers such as ovarian cancer and stomach cancer. It seems that SDG is able to hinder this process considerably.

Driving Cancer Cells to Mass Suicide

In two studies on breast cancer cells implanted into immune deficient mice, flax lignans again proved deadly to cancer. Both tumor growth and metastasis were significantly reduced. In one of the studies, metastasis to the lungs was reduced by 82 percent. The average number of tumors was also considerably lower in the test group than in the control group.

The promising studies don't stop at breast cancer. A study in California demonstrated that SDG reduced risk of endometrial cancer in some women by 32 percent. This reduced risk was most evident among postmenopausal women who consumed high levels of both isoflavones and lignans. Other studies have shown similar reduced risk for uterine and ovarian cancers.

A clinical trial in Canada found that higher dietary lignan intake was linked to considerable reduction in colorectal cancer risk. And, according to studies with human colon cancer cells, lignans stunt the growth of tumor cells and actually drive them to what can only be described as mass suicide.

Supplementation with SDG reduced tumors significantly in mice with melanoma. The average number of tumors in the control group was 62, while the average number in the groups of mice receiving SDG was around half that. Tumor size was also decreased.

The American Cancer Society and the FDA acknowledge the cancer-fighting power of flax lignans. The Mayo Clinic says flax seed lignans may inhibit the growth of some breast cancers, and the American Cancer Society cites a study in which the growth rate of cancer cells was slowed in men suffering from prostate cancer.

Perhaps most surprising of all is the support flax lignans have gotten from, get this, the FDA. Apparently even the FDA can't miss a sure thing. They have stated that flax seed lignans have anti-tumor activity and are potentially the richest source of phytoestrogens, and that their significant ability to prevent cancer is recognized by the National Cancer Institute.

A Survivor's Tale: Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans Beat Back Cancer for 'Hopeless' Cases

Personally, I find that one thing speaks even more loudly than the many exciting studies I've talked about so far. And that is the words straight from the mouths of people who have seen their lives changed as a result of including flax lignans in their diets.

A 52-year-old woman started taking Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans two years after she was diagnosed with bone cancer. At that point, she was only able to walk with crutches, and painfully at that. After just one month with the lignans, she stopped taking her pain medication, ditched the crutches, and found her energy level returning to normal.

And then there's the story of 84-year-old Tony. Last September, he was told his lung cancer was so advanced that he wouldn't make it to Christmas. His daughter-in-law was distraught, knowing her daughter's December wedding would be a sad event without him. She learned about the Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans from a friend and had some sent to Tony.

Come December, he was a happy guest at his granddaughter's wedding. When one of his doctors found out that he had been treating his cancer with Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans, she became angry with him. She was convinced that the cancer had spread throughout both lungs and his esophagus. She thought more aggressive steps should have been taken.

However, the doctor had to eat her words when a scan showed the cancer had not spread and actually was reduced to one tiny nodule in his lung. This was after Tony had been taking the Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans for only six months.

These are just two of the many stories that demonstrate the incredible healing power of flax lignans.

If its power against cancer isn't enough, that's just the start

Amazingly, the scientific evidence for Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans doesn't stop at its cancer fighting abilities. Diets rich in foods containing plant lignans have long been associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.

In a 12-year study of Finnish men, it was found that those with the highest intake of plant lignans were significantly less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than their counterparts who ate the least amount of foods containing plant lignans.8

Flax lignans have also been shown to suppress the development of atherosclerosis (chronic inflammation of the arteries due to an accumulation of plaque) in a study on rabbits. The development of atherosclerosis in rabbits treated with the lignans was reduced by 34.4 percent.

The lignans also lowered LDL cholesterol and raised levels of HDL cholesterol.9 In a study concerning Native American postmenopausal women, it was found that flax seed lowered LDL cholesterol by 10%.10 Mind you, that was just with flax seed, not the nutritionally rich hulls.

There is discussion in the scientific community that flax lignans may help to lower sugar levels in people with diabetes. While there are no specific studies to this effect, people who are living with diabetes have been vocal about the results they've seen taking Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans.

One woman noticed that her blood sugar has been regular, and that she's been feeling healthier in general.

A 26-year-old man who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few years ago has been struggling to manage his illness ever since. Unable to keep his blood sugar down, he watched helplessly as it regularly spiked to 600, despite taking 40 units of insulin with every shot. Two weeks after he began including Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans in his diet, he noticed a change in how he felt. Now, his blood sugar stays under 200, and he hasn't had to give himself a shot in two months.

Finally, no more late-night bathroom trips

If you’re living with an enlarged prostate, you know what agony it can be. A recent study demonstrated that flax lignans could reduce prostate size. Rats given the human equivalent of 50 mg per day of SDG (remember, Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans contains up to 300 mg per serving) had significantly smaller prostates than those without the SDG supplementation.

The SDG didn’t just stop prostate growth––it actually helped reduce the size of the prostate.11 Lee, who describes himself as having a “bad prostate,” has been using Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans for a couple of months.

He has been making less and less trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and says he generally feels better. His wife is happy, too with Lee getting so little sleep, he’d been “a real grouch,” and she jokes that she may keep him if the Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans keep working! G.E. wrote about her husband, Hugh, who suffers from both an enlarged prostate and irregular heartbeat. She was amazed when, after only two weeks, there was a complete reversal in Hugh’s nightly mroutine. She said he doesn’t get up more than once a night, and his heart has been beating steadily.

Previously a candidate for a pacemaker, Hugh reports his doctor has not mentioned the surgery since he started taking the Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans. Rather, his doctor was flat-out astonished at his progress, stating he’d never seen such a dramatic improvement. At 71, Hugh is now “bouncing along and mowing and putting up hay and working with his horses and cattle.”

Though there are no conclusive studies concerning flax lignans and prostate cancer, there are a few that are promising. In a trial using mice, flax inhibited the growth and development of prostate cancer. In a study of 25 men who were scheduled for prostatectomy, supplementation with flax brought significant changes in serum cholesterol, total testosterone, and the free androgen index. Researchers concluded that flax lignans may be a very beneficial food for men battling prostate cancer.12

Fight the flu with a supercharged immune system

All of what I’ve just reported was enough to convince me to buy my own supply of Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans. But, as I delved even deeper, I began to uncover more amazing benefits to a diet that includes flax lignans.

The effect of flax lignans on the immune system is well documented. The AIDS Research Assistance Institute, which sells the Concentrated Flax Hull Lignans, is a nonprofit organization. All of the proceeds from the sale of the product go to bringing it to orphanages and clinics in Africa, where HIV and AIDS run rampant. What they’ve seen there is nothing short of incredible.

Children who were drastically underweight are gaining both weight and energy, and aren’t getting the colds and flu infections they once constantly suffered from, according to Emma Fishlock, a nurse working in Swaziland. These children are rising from their deathbeds to return to school.

In a 90-day anecdotal test on 100 people with HIV (75 percent exhibiting full AIDS symptoms), 97 percent reported positive health changes, with energy and appetites increasing. Most amazing is the fact that, after 6 weeks, 28 percent had viral loads drop to non-detectible levels. Their super-charged immune systems were fighting the virus like they never had before.13

And it works against another virus, too… As an HSI member, you know that flu shots don’t actually do much for preventing the flu, and at their worst are actually harmful. And flu drugs? Forget it! The virus builds resistance almost as soon as the drugs are put on the market. In 2005, 14.5 percent of flu viruses were resistant to major flu drugs. That might not sound like a lot, but compare it to the fact that only 1.9 percent of flu viruses were resistant just one year earlier.

Luckily, it seems flax lignans can do the same thing for influenza that they are doing for the HIV virus in Africa. When a virus enters the cells of the body, it stimulates hormones that activate the gene for p53. When this gene is activated, it actually induces virally infected cells to shut down, thereby preventing the virus from spreading. If this is activated shortly after infection, further viral replication is completely stopped.

Based upon recent studies, influenza virus infections can be stopped in this way. Flax lignans, through a series of interactions with the inner workings of the body’s cells, can increase the level of p53 in cells. Long story short, flax lignans can actually help to both prevent flu infections and fight those that already exist.

And the amazing abilities of flax lignans don’t end there, Canadian study also suggests that SDG may have a therapeutic role In treating lupus. A Dutch human study showed that flax lignans could be the answer for men and women with hair loss and thinning hair. Yet another, this one on rats, showed potential for liver protection.

NOTE: The product mentioned in the above article is the same product we sell except ours is organic.

History of Flax

Flax has been cultivated for more than 7,000 years in the Middle East as a source of linen fiber and for its oil.

The ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans used the seeds as food, the oil as medicine, and the fibers for clothing and ships’ sails.

The Roman legion used bread made from flax and were able to march long distances and then do battle. Today, Roman meal bread still uses flaxseed, while the linseed oil is used in the manufacture of varnish, paint, linoleum, and soap.

The medicinal properties were well known to the Greeks as Hippocrates recommended flax for mucous membrane inflammations.

In the 8th century in France, Charlemagne passed laws requiring the seeds to be consumed in order to keep his subjects healthy.

Flax is an oilseed that belongs to the genus Linum. The genus contains more than 100 annual and perennial species. Cultivated flax belongs to the species Linum usitatissimum. Its varieties are of two types: one is grown for oil while the other for fiber production.

Flax has several uses for industry, nutrition and health. Most flaxseed has been used for the production of linseed oil, which is unsuitable for food because of a high linolenic acid content, but has many industrial uses (paints, varnishes, plastics, printing inks and lineoleum). The leftover meal becomes animal feed. Thus in most countries flax is commonly called linseed.

What is Lignan ?

The lignans are a group of chemical compounds found in plants, particularly in flax seed. Lignans are one of the major classes of phytoestrogens, which are estrogen-like chemicals and also act as antioxidants. The other classes of phytoestrogens are the isoflavones, and coumestans. Plant lignans are polyphenolic substances derived from phenylalanine via dimerization of substituted cinnamic alcohols (see cinnamic acid), known as monolignols, to a dibenzylbutane skeleton

Flax Hulls are rich in the lignans secoisolariciresinol diglycoside or SDG and secoisolariciresinol or Seco. These potent antioxidants work throughout our bodies to scavenge free radicals, which can damage tissue and are thought to play a role in the pathology of many diseases.

There are two general types of lignans: those found in plants and those found in animals and humans called “mammalian lignans.” When the plant lignan SDG (from flaxseed) is ingested, it is converted in the colon by bacteria to the mammalian lignans enterodial (ED) and enterolactone (EL). Thus, the plant lignan SDG is a precursor to the mammalian lignans ED and EL. Many studies have shown that important health benefits exist due to this conversion of flax lignan in the body.

In a systematic study of eight varieties of flax collected from four locations over a three-year period, it has been shown that SDG levels vary from a low of 0.9% (ww/defatted meal) to a high of 3%. Thus, on the average the lignan SDG is only about 1% of the entire flax seed.

Availability

*100% Certified Organic Whole Flax Hull
* non-GMO
* raw
* 95% digestible as opposed to usually 5% 
* Highly-Concentrated SDG's

5.65 oz

32 servings per container

Usage

Serving Size: ½ TBSP (comes with a scoop)

Take by mixing into food or liquid less than 105 degrees F (35 degrees C). You can also take it alone followed with a drink of water to wash it down.

Sensitive to Gluten? 

Flax Hull Lignan is ONLY the flax hull (bran). However the mucilaginous properties really soothe the gut and encourage the gut flora.  

Regarding Celiac, the barley has been germinated. This means that all of the "glutanase" enzymes are activated and are available to digest the gluten; however, gluten is only found from the dead or unsprouted seed. There is about 0.5% dead seed that gets through our process. For Celiac you can start the product with a canary-size portion (wet the end of your pinky finger and touch the powder and then eat that) every day or two or more. It takes about a year, but the gut will heal.

Although some people will argue with you about this, we have had success because the only way the body will heal, especially enzyme and immune problems, is by eating WHOLE LIVE FOOD. -our Flax Hull Lignan supplier

Articles

Flax Hull Lignans are Integral to Health

We've offered these products for awhile, but they offer such great benefits everyone needs to know about them. We offer them as an effective way to enhance immune function and balance hormones. The flax hull lignans work well for both men and women.
 
Flax Hull Lignans are known to be effective against breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, diabetes, kidney disorders, lupus, skin cancer and melanomas and other conditions. It stands to reason that since these lignans are considered a whole food and enhance the immune system, they would be beneficial across the board. This article is primarily focused on prostate cancer and women's health.
 
Lignans
Lignans are a group of phytonutrients found in seeds, grains and vegetables. Flax seed is, by far, nature's richest source of plant lignans. Other sources of lignans, such as rye, buckwheat, millet, soya, and barley, contain 2 to 6 micrograms of lignans per gram (mcg/g) of grain. Flax seed yields 800 mcg/g. While the essential fatty acids are in the oil of the flax seed, the lignans are in the fiber hull of the seed. The oil has little or no lignans. The lignan found in flaxseed is called secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG). This phytonutrient is classed as a polyphenol.

There are two general types of lignans: 1) those found in plants and 2) those found in animals and humans or "mammalian lignans." When the plant lignan SDG (from flaxseed) is ingested, it is converted in the colon by bacteria to the mammalian lignans enterodiol (ED) and enterolactone (EL). Many studies have shown the important health benefits that exist due to this conversion of flax lignans in the body.

Prostate Cancer
Cancer of the prostate gland is the second leading cause of cancer death among men. It is a disease that primarily occurs in men over sixty years old. By the age of eighty, 80 percent of all men have prostate cancer to some degree. Fortunately, in most cases, prostate cancer is a slow-growing cancer, doubling in mass every six years. Like all cancers, the rate of prostate cancer is rising in the United States. Part of the reason is due to high unhealthy-fat diets and exposure to chemicals. Current treatments are radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy. Flaxseed ingestion produces large amounts of mammalian lignans with weak estrogenic / anti-estrogenic properties. In tests, these properties reduced adult relative prostate weight and cell proliferation, suggesting potential protection against prostatic disease, without affecting sex hormone levels.

Researchers from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK, determined the concentration of lignans in prostate fluid from Portuguese, Chinese, and British men. The mean concentrations of enterolactone and other plant estrogens were very high among Portuguese and Asian men, respectively. The research team concluded that the level of lignans and related plant estrogens may be responsible, in part, for lower incidence of prostate cancer in men from Mediterranean countries.

Vegetarian men have lower incidence of prostate cancer than non-vegetarian males. This is partly due to the higher level of plant lignans consumed by vegetarians. In addition to their estrogenic activity, these plant compounds can interfere with steroid metabolism and bioavailability, and also inhibit enzymes, such as tyrosine kinase and topoisomerase, which are crucial to cellular proliferation and hence contribute to lower incidences of prostate cancer.

A very recent study involved twenty-five patients with prostate cancer which were given lignan-rich flaxseed supplementation. The results show a favorable affect on prostate cancer biology and associated biomarkers.

Women's Health
Because lignans are phytoestrogens, they are effective in treating several health issues for women. If there is little estrogen in the body (after menopause, for example), lignans may act like weak estrogen; but when natural estrogen is abundant in the body, lignans may instead reduce estrogen's effects by displacing it from the cells. As discussed earlier, this displacement of the hormone can help prevent breast cancer.

This chemical resemblance to estrogen gives the lignan antagonist properties to the estrogenic receptor site. A clinical study has shown that SDG phytoestrogen in particular exhibits agonist properties to the estrogen receptor. This property is of specific value to post-menopausal women, who typically exhibit low estrogen levels.

Women consuming lignan-rich flaxseed products generally report a reduction in breast tenderness, bloating, hot flashes, sweating, vaginal dryness, and other systems related to PMS and menopause. This is due to the lignan's estrogenic activity.

For years, people have been attempting to control menstrual cycles. Controlling menstrual cycles has several health benefits including decreasing the risk of breast cancer. Lignans in flaxseed have been shown to regulate women's menstrual cycles. In one study, women consuming lignans in flaxseed did not miss a single cycle, compared to the control group that missed several cycles. In another study women supplemented their diet with a dose of 10 g/day of flax. It resulted in elevated progesterone / estradiol ratios in the luteal phase. This was due to a decreased estradiol concentration. The concentration of lignans measured in the urine showed the level of lignans absorbed. Thus flax lignan clearly has a significant impact in controlling women's menstrual cycle.

In a study with rats, the effect of flax and its lignan SDG was compared with tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen drug, by monitoring rat estrous cycling. After four weeks 66% of the rats taking flax SDG had more regular cycling produced by a cessation or lengthening (by 18-39%) of estrous cycles. In the rats given tamoxifen, 83% of the animals had irregular cycles or were in persistent diestrous.

The conclusion was that flaxseed and SDG were effective in being antiestogemic without gross tissue toxicity. The control which lignan has over the menstrual cycle has an influence on cancer growth. This is because the less time a women spends in the luteal phase, the lower the risk of breast cancer.

A study of twenty-eight post-menopausal women was conducted in which they consumed lignan-rich flaxseed. The supplementation significantly increased urinary excretion of the estrogen metabolites 2-hydroxyestrogen and 16 alpha-hydroxyestrone. These results suggest that lignan from flaxseed may have chemo-protective effects in post-menopausal women.

Newsletter Notes

- This product is derived from the hull of the Flax seed. In the hull of the Flax seed is where most of the nutritional value of flax is stored. The extremely thin hull of the seed is extracted, and in the hull material is where the Flax Lignan is stored. The process of isolating the flax hull is proprietary, and as far as we know, there is only one person in the world who has figured out how to do that. Just to give you an idea of the difficulty of the task, 12 pounds of flaxseed only yields 1 ounce of the flax hull.

Once again, the science and biology behind this product is still a little more than I can adequately explain, so the free CD covers the Flax Lignan product. After you have listened to the CD a few times, you are probably not going to have many more questions. BUT, just in case you do, we have just received several hundred copies of a little book titled Flaxseed Lignan - The Power of SDG in Promoting Health.

. . . these are IMPORTANT, all-natural nutrients that can and should be a core part of your health regimen. We feel like, in the long term, these will prove to be the most profound products that we have ever discovered and, as you listen to the free CD, you will discover that the barley and the Flax Lignan are synergistic, with each, complementing the benefits of the other.

- We are encountering delays in getting the new Barley and Flax products in from Canada. If I had known it was going to be such a problem to bring these products in, I probably would have delayed telling the Membership about them, but here we are. I am sure you are a lot more patient than me. Maybe as you learn more and more about these special Barley products and the Flax Hull Lignan product, you will get as excited as we are. Libby and I do have an advantage, because we have product samples with which we have been working for the last few weeks. I just want to say that I think you are going to be impressed when we finally have product available for you.

As a part of the education process, see the article from HSI Alert (above), which documents the extraordinary health benefits of Flax Hull Lignans.

User Testimonials

Energy and Smooth Moves . . . I have only been taking the Lignan Gold for about a week now. What I am noticing so far is more energy and smoother bowel movements. I look forward to further improvements in my wellbeing as I continue using this product. VA, TX