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Flax seeds have been consumed as food for thousands of years. The Latin name of flax is Linum usitatissimum, where the term “usitatissimum” means “most useful”.
Flax seed oil is used as a nutritional supplement and as an ingredient in many wood-finishing products, while its fibers are used to make linen.There are two basic varieties of flax seeds: brown and yellow or golden. Both of them have similar nutritional characteristics.
Why eat flax seeds
Flax seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. What’s more, flaxseeds are one of the few foods that have a perfect Omega-3s to Omega-6s ratio.
They can be beneficial for your digestion, hormonal balance, cholesterol level, mental health, skin and hair. Read more on my blog.
How to eat flaxseed
The seeds can remain undigested, so you can either consume flaxseed oil or flaxseed meal. Add flax oil to salads, or on bread and sandwiches, but don’t heat it. Put ground flaxseed in smoothies or eat it with meals that have a higher glycemic index like pasta, rice, etc.
Other uses
Did you know that you can use flax as an egg substitute in vegan and plant-based baking recipes?
The easiest way to make flaxseed egg replacer is to mix some ground flax seeds with a little water. You can either grind your flax seeds at home or use store-bought flaxseed meal. You can see the full recipe here.
Cookie recipe
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Here’s a super easy-to-make recipe for delicious crispy cookies that requires no flour. It’s dairy-free, vegan and gluten-free.
You need only 4 ingredients for this delicious recipe which are: flax meal or ground flaxseed, nut butter of your choice, a little bit of water and some sweetener of your choice. Check out the full recipe here.
wow Very interesting photo!!!!!!! plants
Thank you very much!
Very detailed and informative about flax seeds!
Thank you so much, Andrew!
informative post, I love it so much 🙂
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Interesting
Thank you!
Tanx for the flax seed post. I could use it for my colitis
I’m happy it’s useful!
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It’s a great plant 🙂
Why can’t you heat it?
Heat destroys its nutrients. I personally don’t like the smell of flax oil, so I would consume capsules – it’s much easier for me.
Ah, I misread and thought you were saying not to heat the seeds. Yes, I can see why the oil shouldn’t be heated. It’s not a cooking oil.
That’s okay. Have a nice week! 🙂
Flax seeds are also good for the digestion, I seeds add yogurt
True! I put them in yogurt too
That sounds good. I like fruit and granola in yogurt. I could add flax seeds to this mix.
Touchy phone. I WAS trying to say as a professional woodworker I have used linseed oil which is made from flax seed.
Yes,it has many uses, Thanks for stopping by!
Yes I’ve heard all that. Being a prof
awesome
Thank you so much!
Flax is good for the immune bodily system
That’s true!
Great post, I forgot about flax. I’ll have to add them to my smoothies!
Thank you, I’m glad I helped:)
Great recipe. I am a vegan, so I sometimes use flax seeds as an egg replacer in baking. It is not only nutritious, but gives the finished product a lovely nutty flavour.
That’s great! However, I’m not a big fan of the flavour when it’s too strong.
This is great a recipe, I love flax cookies.
Thank you so much! I’m happy to hear that
For my little rising cholesterol, I will try yogurt in the morning with yogurt.
I hope it helps!
A friend of mine told me she lost weight just by eating milled flax seeds mixed with honey – one teaspoon every morning or with butter and bread, but instead marmalade she would put that mixture of honey and milled flax seeds.
Sounds great, especially the idea of eating it instead of marmalade! Thank you for sharing! I usually put it in yogurt (I mix milled and whole seeds).
Very nice
Thank you, Olga!
Yummy! you are an excellent cook.
Thank you so much, you are very kind!
Good to know!
Happy weekend!
The food looks amazing!
Thank you so much!
hm wow, so now i ask my self.. – how did i MISS flax??? im always looking for food with protein as im like on a diet.. allllllllways.. <going to the store now 😀 Thank you for the great info 😀 <3
I’m happy to hear that the article was useful! 🙂 However, even though flax has a lot of protein, the doses that we eat are not that big (1 or 2 tablespoons) so I’m not sure whether it will be very helpful for that matter.
I will try the recipe for the cookies. They look really good!
Thank you so much! Let me know how they turned out if you try them. 🙂
amazing date collected
Thank you, Alina!
Flax is wonderful then
Yes, it has many benefits! There are risks though, so always research before consuming any food.