F L A X S E E D S

N U M B E R O N E F O O D S O U R C E O F O M E G A - 3F A T T Y A C I D

FLAXSEED IS ONE OF THE LEADINGSOURCES OF ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID(ALA), AN OMEGA-3 (N-3) FATTY ACIDSESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING HUMAN

HEALTH. EACH TABLESPOON OF GROUNDFLAXSEED CONTAINS ABOUT 1.8 GRAMS OF

OMEGA-3S.

F L A X S E E D S

G O O D S O U R C E S O F D I E T A R Y F I B E R

INSOLUBLE FIBER HELPS IMPROVELAXATION AND PREVENT CONSTIPATION,

MAINLY BY INCREASING FAECAL BULKAND REDUCING BOWEL TRANSIT TIME.

F L A X S E E D S

U N I Q U E D I E T A R Y S O U R C E O FA N T I O X I D A N T S A N D B E N E F I C I A L P L A N T

E S T R O G E N S

PLANT LIGNANS ARE UNIQUE FIBER-RELATED POLYPHENOLS, WHICH ACT AS

BOTH ANTIOXIDANTS ANDPHYTOESTROGEN.ACTS AS ANTIOXIDANTS,

LIGNANS PROVIDES BENEFITS OF ANTI-AGING AND CELLULAR HEALTH.

F L A X S E E D S

L O W E R S Y O U R C H O L E S T E R O L L E V E L

THE SOLUBLE FIBERS OF FLAXSEEDS TRAPFAT AND CHOLESTEROL IN THE DIGESTIVE

SYSTEM SO THAT IT UNABLE TO BEABSORBED. SOLUBLE FIBER ALSO TRAPS

BILE, WHICH IS MADE FROMCHOLESTEROL IN THE GALLBLADDER.

F L A X S E E D S

P R E V E N T C A R D I O V A S C U L A R D I S E A S E S

SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THATDIETS RICH IN FLAXSEED OMEGA-3S HELPPREVENT HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES

AND KEEP PLAQUE FROM BEINGDEPOSITED IN THE ARTERIES, PARTLY BY

KEEPING WHITE BLOOD CELLS FROMSTICKING TO THE BLOOD VESSELS’ INNER

LININGS.

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D I A B E T E S A N D B L O O D G L U C O S E C O N T R O L

DIABETIC SUBJECTS TOOK A TABLESPOONOF GROUND FLAXSEEDS EVERY DAY FOR A

MONTH, AND, COMPARED TO THECONTROL GROUP, EXPERIENCED A

SIGNIFICANT DROP IN FASTING BLOODSUGARS, TRIGLYCERIDES, AND

CHOLESTEROL, AS WELL AS THE MOSTIMPORTANT THING, A DROP IN A1C LEVEL.

F L A X S E E D S

P R E V E N T I N F L A M M A T I O N

TWO COMPONENTS IN FLAXSEED, ALA ANDLIGNANS, MAY REDUCE THE

INFLAMMATION THAT ACCOMPANIESCERTAIN ILLNESSES (SUCH AS

PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND ASTHMA) BYHELPING TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF

CERTAIN PRO-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS.

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H E L P S I N C O N T R O L F O O D I N T A K E

WHEN BEING TAKEN AS A PART OF THEMEAL, THE FLAXSEED FIBERS DELAY THEGASTRIC EMPTYING OF FOOD INTO THE

SMALL INTESTINE WHICH IS IMPORTANTTO MAXIMIZE YOUR SATIETY AND DELAY

THE NEXT FOOD INTAKE.

F L A X S E E D S

P R O M O T E S W E I G H T L O S S

THE DIETARY FIBERS OF FLAXSEEDINCREASE THE FAECAL EXCRETION AND

REDUCE THE FAT ABSORPTION. TOGETHERWITH THE EFFECTS OF REDUCED FOOD

INTAKE, FLAXSEED IS A GOOD FORPROMOTING WEIGHT LOSS.

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H E A L T H Y S K I N A N D H A I R

THE ALA FATS IN FLAXSEED BENEFITS THESKIN AND HAIR BY PROVIDING ESSENTIALFATS AS WELL AS B-VITAMINS WHICH CANHELP REDUCE DRYNESS AND FLAKINESS. ITCAN ALSO IMPROVE SYMPTOMS OF ACNE,

ROSACEA, AND ECZEMA. THIS ALSOAPPLIES TO EYE HEALTH AS FLAX CAN

REDUCE DRY EYE SYNDROME.