"Rosie Adorno" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:What's the deal with flax seed???
Flax seed is an ancient and helpful food. We now know that the oil in the seeds contains Omega-3
oils, which provide protection from arterioschlerosis, which is considered one of the major causes
of heart attacks and strokes.
The husk of the seeds is also helpful, and contains various lignins that work as anti-oxidents and
seem to help prevent some cancers from developing.
Since people with diabetes are at greater risk of a lot of metabolic illnesses, the ingestion of
flax seed products appear to be advantageous. The whole seed, however, must be crushed or "broken"
in order to obtain the benefits. I suspect that the recipe given is another approach, since it would
soften the seed coat, and perhaps some of those lignans may very well dissolve into the water.
"A recent text on flaxseed, edited by researchers at the University of Toronto, contains discussions
of historical uses as a food, both directly and indirectly. In the introduction, we learn that the
edible flaxseed was the one predominantly grown in India, that flaxseed is consumed in the diet as
oil in China, that it is consumed in Ethiopia in a stew (wat), as a porridge (gufmo), and as a drink
(chilka), and has been part of the traditional foods in Egypt since the time of the Pharaohs." See;
westonaprice.orgflaxseed.htmlOpen ↗
Annette
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