Flaxseed: Evidence-Based Cardiovascular and Health Benefits is an encyclopedic and definitive text describing the health benefits of this humble plant. The book features exquisite detail on the three major components of the plant that are responsible for most of the documented benefits.

Robert Fried, PhD, is a cardiovascular physiologist and NY State Licensed Clinical Psychologist. He is Emeritus Professor, doctoral faculty in Behavioral Neurosciences, City University of New York (CUNY). He has published more than a dozen academic and trade books on cardiovascular health, nutrition, and human sexuality, and more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific journal publications. Dr. Fried holds several US Patents in biomedical instrumentation and he is listed in the year 2000 (Century) Marquis' Who's Who.

Richard Carlton, PhD is an integrative physician who includes complementary and alternative approaches in the treatment of numerous medical problems, including migraines, inflammatory bowel disease, and diabetes. He is Formerly Principal Staff Physician, Rehabilitation Research Institute (RRI), ICD-International Center for the Disabled, New York, NY.

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FLAXSEED, A FUNCTIONAL FOOD-CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR HEALTH

BENEFITS

3. THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF OMEGA-3 PUFA AND L-ARGININE

ON ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE (NO) BIOAVAILABILITY

4. THE ROLE OF FLAXSEED MICRONUTRIENTS AND NITRIC

OXIDE (NO) IN BLOOD VESSEL AND HEART FUNCTION

5. OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND NO FROM FLAX INTERVENTION

IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CHRONIC SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION

6. FLAXSEED AND L-ARGININE, AND OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID, PER SE, IN

TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE

7. L-ARGININE AND OMEGA-3 IN ADJUVANT TREATMENT FOR TYPE 2

DIABETES AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

8. NO FROM FLAXSEED ENHANCES SEXUAL FUNCTION

9. OMEGA-3 PUFA AND L-ARGININE FOR LONGER LIFESPAN WITH A

LONGER HEALTHSPAN