Flaxseed, Lignans & Gout

There seems to be some confusion about the benefit of flaxseed for gout sufferers. I tried to make it clear on my flaxseed page that, although flaxseed oil is a good source of Omega-3, crushed (milled or ground) flaxseed have the additional benefits of lignans.
Lignans are not normally present in flaxseed oil, as the [...]

Inflammasome and rheumatic diseases: evolving concepts

Inflammasome and rheumatic diseases: evolving concepts
Prodromos I Sidiropoulos 1*, George Goulielmos 1, George K Voloudakis 1, Eleni Petraki 1 and Dimitrios T Boumpas 1
1 University of Crete, Greece
Accepted 17 September 2007
* Abstract
The realization that the production of inflammatory cytokines in inflammatory rheumatic diseases may be induced by noninfectious endogenous signals has encouraged researchers to [...]