Flax Seeds May Not Be Helping You – Grind Flax Seeds
Flax seeds and flax oil are known to be a healthy food addition. But grind flax seeds for benefit. Flax has healthy Omega 3 fats, protein, plus certain vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Lignans are a valuable nutrient of flax – the lignan content is very high in flax.
Flax has healthy benefit claims including reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, helping prevent cancer (this is largely due to the lignans). Phytosterols in flax may help prevent cholesterol absorption in the intestines.
While these claims may be true, due to the nutrients in flax, there are other foods with many of those same nutrients that you would probably eat a larger amount of in a sitting, so don’t down a cup of flax just for its benefits. Do sprinkle it on food daily as way to eat some daily (but grind flax seeds first) – some of the nutrients aren’t needed in high quantity.
Do you have to grind flax seeds to get the benefits? Yes! Grind flax seeds. Flax seeds are useless if eaten or added to food whole – so they aren’t helping you. Grind flax seeds so they will be of nutritional value. Whole seeds just pass through you into the toilet. Whole seeds can be stored in a cupboard, but ground seeds need to be kept in the refrigerator. I have a flax seed grinder that can grind flax seeds as needed, so I don’t need to store any of it in the refrigerator.
Flax helps loose liquids gel up thicker. You can use flax mixed with water as an egg substitute. Flax has healthy uses.
Yes, eat ground flax seeds, and you should get benefits from them, as long as you grind flax seeds.
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