I am glad you enjoyed the post, and I hope you like the smoothie!

Yes, the nutritional info is without the addition of protein powder. I did not list it with protein powder, because they all vary so much in calories, protein, etc…

Hi Mimi,

This is Natalie, the author of this guest post. Nicole so kindly allowed me to guest post on her awesome blog! She notified me of your comment right away, but I wasn’t able to answer it until now because I was traveling.

Yes, there is a lot of conflicting information about phytoestrogens and breast cancer. After I reviewed the medical studies about flaxseed and breast cancer, I was surprised to find that it was in fact, a breast cancer fighting food. I have a section about this in my book, with the research citations, if you are interested in investigating this topic further. But in case you don’t not want to check out my book, see this great free article from the AICR about flax and breast cancer.

http://www.aicr.org/foods-that-fight-cancer/flaxseed.html

I hope this helps!