“Mr Robert Tucker at the age of seventeen discovered that he was unable to distinguish several of the primitive colors from each other. Yellow is the only one known by him to a certainty. A difference in the shade of green he can distinguish, though not the green color itself from the orange. In comparing, says Dr B, Mr Robert Tucker’s cranium with casts, and with the plates in Dr Spurzheim’s book, I was forcibly struck with a flatness of his os Frontis, at the place of the orbitary ridge, where the organ of coloring is said to be situated—and this flatness it is well known indicates a small development of the organ. (

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The risks of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis drastically increases for women at the onset of menopause. It has been suggested that phyto-oestrogens may inhibit bone loss and protect the cardiovascular system by improving lipid profiles. In a double blind randomised study from Okalahoma State University flaxseed supplements were associated with an improvement in lipid profiles in post-menopausal women. However, flaxseed supplementation did not seem to have any effect …