Flax Facts

10 Tips for Healthy Flax Habits

Flax is a healthy little seed, so how can we begin to reap its benefits in our busy lives? Luckily, flax can be added to daily diets in a variety of ways. We recommend one to two tablespoons (16g) daily. Keeping that in mind, here are some helpful hints to get your daily dose:

1. Replace fat: Keep good fats in your recipes by substituting three tablespoons of ground flaxseed for one tablespoon of margarine, butter, or cooking oil.
2. Keep it handy: In your refrigerator, keep a handy stash of ground flax accessible in an opaque airtight container for up to 45 days. Whole flaxseeds can be stored for up to a year! Just use a coffee or spice grinder when you need them milled.
3. Simple on cereal: Sprinkle one to two tablespoons of milled or whole flaxseed onto your morning cereal or over salads for a nutty taste.
4. Dress-up: Shake or stir your daily dose of flax into your salad dressing.
5. Shake things up: Mix milled flax into yogurt or smoothie shakes for an extra energy boost.
6. Top that: Top your fruit and cottage cheese with flax for a crunchy
   flax punch.
7. A final touch: Stir it into thicker soups, such as lentil or bean varieties, or into pasta sauces just before serving.
8. In the mix: You can always mix whole or milled seeds into your favorite bread dough, but how about mixing it into burgers, meatloaf, fish, or vegetable patties as a tasty change.
9. Flaximum benefits: Add whole flaxseeds to cookie dough or muffin mix or sprinkle some on your favorite bread for artisan appeal.
10. Getting started: When using ground flax, because of its high fiber content, add it slowly starting with about one tablespoon per day and working up to two or more per day.

Brochure

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Research

As the threat of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes continues to grow, we seek information about how to cure or prevent these diseases. In the following research, discover how this incredible seed could benefit the lives of you, your friends, and family.

• Omega-3 Fats in Flax and Fish
• Omega-3 Fats for Infants
• Omega-3 ALA in Different Foods
• Flax and the Low-Carbohydrate Diet
• Flax Favorably Affects the Immune System
• Flax Favorably Affects Risk Factors that Contribute to Heart Attacks and Stroke
• Flax Reduces Inflammation Leading to Atherosclerosis
• Flax Lignans Have Anticancer Effects in Mammary Tissue
• Omega-3 Fats May Protect Against Arrhythmia
• Metabolism of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Links:

AskDrSears.com
Flax oil and flax seeds are being rediscovered as true health foods. They definitely merit being included on any top-ten list of foods that are good for you..

DrWeilSelfHealing.com
Now researchers are finding that the seed's compounds show promise in the prevention and treatment of many conditions, including cancer and high cholesterol. I recommend eating 2 tablespoons of freshly ground flaxseed every day..

Cancer.About.com
What is flax, why is it good for you, what are the health benefits of flax, how to use it..

WebMD.com- Flax Recipes
From low fat recipes, to recipes designed for diabetics, Elaine Magee RD, MPH shares recipes and advice to create healthy meals. Her blog includes great flax recipes, as well as tips for storing, buying and using flax in a daily diet...

University of Toronto- Flax Studies
Lilian Thompson, PhD has conducted countless studies into health benefits of flax for human nutrition. Detailed research reports available here...

CancerFed.com
Move over, soy, flaxseed might be another natural way of preventing breast cancer. Postmenopausal women who ate ground flaxseed had reduced levels of the sex hormones associated with breast cancer..

University of Toronto- Flax and breast cancer
Report from University of Toronto on research study concluding that flaxseed inhibits growth of human estrogen-dependent breast cancer..

HopkinsBreastCancerCenter.org
Touted by its proponents as a natural ingredient, flax may slow the growth of breast cancer cells in women...

Cancer.org
Health benefits of flaxseed, especially for breast cancer and now new research suggests benefits for men with prostate cancer..

WebMD.com
General flax health and diet information...

 

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