Flax

[Spiral]

A great vegetarian source of omega 3. My cupboards contain eyewateringly expensive ground/milled flax and flax oil, and the considerably more cost effective flax seeds. I was occasionally adding flax oil to salad dressings, sprinkling the seeds on to salads, but I have not been consistent with this. I think I need to eat more flax.

My belief is that if you eat it uncooked it probaly has more of the active ingredient available. Am I right?

What I want to know is how many other ways are there to eat flax. To steal a well known commercial catchphrase, how do you eat yours? Please feel free to include the recipies or start a thread in the relevant section!

What benefits have you noticed since you started to consume more flax?

[Mitch]

Hi Spiral

You are 100% correct, flax seeds a true wonder food.

Some facts.

1. FLAXSEED CONTAINS EVERY ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID. IT’S GOT LOTS OF PROTEIN!

2. FLAXSEED CONTAINS BOTH ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA 3 (ALPHA LINOLENIC ACID) AND OMEGA 6(LINOLEIC ACID).

3. FLAXSEED IS THE RICHEST VEGETARIAN SOURCE OF ALPHA LINOLENIC ACID (OMEGA 3 GROUP). IT ALSO CONTAINS OMEGA 9(OLEIC ACID).

4. FLAXSEED IS RICH IN FIBRE. We all know how important fibre is, for good health!

5. FLAXSEED IS RICH IN LIGNANS.
FLAXSEED IS THE RICHEST PLANT SOURCE OF LIGNANS.
Did you know that in lignan terms? 100 slices of wholegrain bread = 60 cups of broccoli = 2 tablespoons of flaxseed.

6. FLAXSEED IS A SOURCE OF MINERALS AND VITAMINS.

7. WHOLE UNMILLED FLAXSEED IS NOT DIGESTIBLE .YOU CANNOT USE THE VITAL NUTRIENTS THAT THE SEED CONTAINS.

8. WHOLE SEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN CRACKED OR SPLIT OPEN WILL GO RANCID/OXIDISE. THIS IS BAD NEWS FOR YOUR BODY!

9. SOAKING FLAXSEEDS INCREASES THE RISK OF OXIDATION.

10. MOST IMPORTANT OUR MILLED ORGANIC FLAXSEED IS IN A FORMAT THAT YOUR BODY CAN ABSORB = BIO AVAILABLE.

11.) Packed with minerals

12.) Help prevent cancer

13.) Improve immune system strength

14.) Enhance brain development in infants

15.) Loaded with healthy Omega 3 fat

16.) Help you burn body fat

17.) Eliminate constipation

18.) Improve hypoglycaemia and diabetes

19.) Decrease risk of heart disease, coronary artery disease, and strokes

20.) Decrease inflammation

Mitch

[Serena51]

I like to dress my salads or coleslaw with 2:1 of Flax oil:lemon juice.

I also add freshly ground flaxseeds to my yogurt for breakfast, along with a few sunflower seeds and flaked almonds.

Always keep them in the fridge.

[Spiral]

Did I hear of a flax porrige recipe?

[Ixworth]

Did I hear of a flax porrige recipe?

I enjoy flax porridge most of these winter mornings as it's tasty, simple to make, and wholly consistent with my low-carb regime.

It's very simple to make.

1/4 cup of flax seeds.
A tablespoon of double cream
Sweetener
Cinnamon
Hot Water

Grind the flax seeds for 5 or 6 seconds in a coffee grinder (don't overgrind or the meal becomes oily and doesn't taste as nice).
Mix milled flaxseed with 1/4 cup of boiling water.
Sprinkle sweetener and cinnamon to taste.
Stir in the double cream.

[Mitch]

Ixworth

A great posting, I am beginning to think we should start buying shares in companies that grow and distribute Flax seeds. When the great unwashed catch on we will probably be paying double.

Mitch