Since ancient times, flax has been very valuable as a raw material for the manufacture of fabrics, but there are references to the fact that about 3000 thousand years BC. in Babylon it was used as food, and in Russia flour was made from these seeds, which was added to ordinary flour. So what do flax seeds contain? Useful properties and contraindications have been known to our ancestors since ancient times, let us and once again we read this interesting page from the encyclopedia of traditional medicine. These wonderful seeds contain coarse, insoluble fiber, fiber that cleanses the intestines. The miraculous flax seeds contain lignans, which protect the female body from the occurrence of breast tumors during menopause, fight aging and support the immune system.
Flax seeds. Useful properties and contraindications
Flaxseed oil contains vegetable fat, which includes various omega-fatty acids, which our body does not synthesize on its own. These substances cheer up, prevent Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cope with joint pain and normalize cholesterol.
- With regular addition of oil or seeds to food, you can get rid of bad cholesterol and thereby improve the condition of the heart and blood vessels.
- Diabetics with diabetes are strongly advised to consume flaxseed daily (fiber and omega-3,6), as well as replace wheat bread with flaxseed.
- Heavily soluble fibers help to normalize stool due to the absorption of water, thereby giving food the opportunity to more easily pass through the digestive tract, which is undoubtedly necessary for a healthy body.
- With typical signs of menopause (irritability, lack of normal sleep, hormonal imbalance), flax seeds will help.
- The oil properties of these seeds allow their use in the treatment of arrhythmias, as well as for the prevention of strokes; oil is used to reduce the intensity of inflammatory processes in rheumatism and arthritis.
- For burns, acne, ulcers, as well as diseases of the genitourinary system, flax seed is used.
The benefits of flaxseed oil are invaluable. The composition is very diverse and includes vitamins A, E, P, group B, the seeds also contain a considerable proportion of protein and the necessary macroelements for our body: chromium, manganese, iodine, zinc, iron and magnesium. In folk medicine, flax seeds are used against parasites, general weakness, thrombosis, slagging, as well as various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (cholecystitis, gastritis, colitis), cough, pleurisy, pneumonia. Useful properties and contraindications in this product are a little border on each other. Thus, fiber with insufficient moisture intake can cause not bowel cleansing, but, on the contrary, constipation.
Cooking Flax Seeds
They can be soaked, eat whole or used in a ground form. Various fruit and vegetable salads, cereals, cold and hot dishes can be seasoned with oil. Flax seeds combine well with dairy products, and they also harmonize well with bakery products. I advise everyone to start adding butter and flaxseeds to food as soon as possible.
The beneficial properties and contraindications of these seeds are now well known to you and, I am sure, you will be able to take this into service for a long and healthy life!