Facts about Flax Seed.
Flax seed and flax seed oil have many health benefits. They both can help prevent or improve symptoms from stress, depression, high cholesterol, cardiovascular problems, diabetes, cancer, constipation, irritable bowel, arthritis and much more.
The term "flax food" includes the whole, ground or milled flax seed, flax oil, and flax meal. The best source of flax is organic milled flax seed.
Flax seed is high in Omega 3 and Omega 6 which are both essential fatty acids.
Organic flax seed has the highest concentration of Alpha Linolenic Acid which is a plant derived Omega 3 fatty acid similar to the type found in most fish.
Flax seed is shown to help lower total cholesterol and the bad cholesterol LDL. It also has been shown to lower triglycerides and blood pressure!
Other Benefits
Flax seed has shown many other health benefits including fighting diseases (maybe even cancer) with a strong antioxidant called lignan.
Recent studies have also shown that flax seed may help people with Crohn’s disease and Colitis by healing the inner lining of inflamed intestines.
Moderately include flax seed in your diet. Indeed, a lot of food products contain flax seed such as bread, cereal and bakery goods. Bakers may use flax seed flour or include flax seed in baking.
- Sprinkle ground flax seed on your cereal and salads.
- Substitute flax seed mixture for eggs in home baking such as muffin and pancake (1 tbsp milled flax seed, plus 3 tbsp water = 1 egg).
- Include in other recipe when nutty flavor is preferred
- Substitute flax seed oil for other oils
