You can eat whole flax seeds but you need to chew them good to break them up. Your stomach will not dissolve whole flax seeds and many of them will come out in your stools. Chew about a tablespoon in the morning. Then drink 8 oz of water. Make sure if you chew flax seeds that you drink water since the seed expand and become gelatinous. There are brown and golden colored flax seeds. The golden cost more but there is not difference in their nutritional value. You can grind them up in a grinder and add them to your smoothies.
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Flax seed oil Flax seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the flax plant. Flax seed oil and flax seed contain substances that promote good health. Flax seed oil is rich in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an essential fatty acid that appears to be very helpful for heart inflammatory bowel disease, disease, arthritis and a variety of other health conditions. Flax seed, in addition to ALA, contains a group of chemicals called lignams that may play a role in the prevention of cancer. Flax Seed Oil is a rich balanced source of essential fatty acids. The high content of omega-3 fatty acids in flax seed oil is one of
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