The Women's Health Initiative Study in 2003 examined the effect of HRT on healthy postmenopausal women with a particular interest in cardiovascular outcomes. (sciencedaily.com)
According to a study published in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, healthy postmenopausal women who ate low - fat muffins enriched with flax seeds for six weeks saw a 15 % reduction C - reactive protein. (liveinthenow.com)
These results build upon the findings of a previous study in 2005 by the same lab that found that 78 percent of healthy postmenopausal women had unmetabolized folic acid in their blood plasma, which is indicative of excess folic acid intake. (sciencedaily.com)