Flax seeds must be finely ground into a meal to get the maximum benefits from the omega-3 oil and dietary fiber. You can use a coffee grinder and dedicate its use to grinding flax seeds. Once ground, the flax seeds should be consumed quickly, because the oil in the seeds oxidizes rapidly. Try to consume 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed daily, and make sure you drink plenty of water when adding flax seed to your diet. Ground flax seed can easily be mixed into salad dressing, or added on top of dishes including salads, stir-fry, soup, stews, and cereal. Flax seeds are 35-40% oil, so a similar amount of oil may be omitted from any recipe requiring oil that also includes ground flax seeds. Similarly, about 1 tablespoon of ground flax seeds steeped in 3 tablespoons of warm water for 2-3 minutes will substitute for one egg in recipes.
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The sparrows eat flax seeds like crazy from my backyard. They hang allover the little plant in while eating the flax seed.
It is not safe to eat 50 grams of crushed flax seed. Studies indicate that people who eat 5 grams of crushed flax seed per day will have high cholesterol.
I think it doesn't matter but if you eat whole flax seeds you have to chew them well. The outside of flax seed is too hard to break apart by chewing and whole flax seed is not properly digested to get out the nutrients. The recommendation is to use either flax seed oil to use already ground flax seed.
Flax grows from a flax seed.
Flax seed is derived from the flax plant (also known as common flax or linseed).
Very beneficial. Ground flax seed is a good source of omega-3 fatty acid, fiber, and phytochemicals. Ground flax and flax seed oil has been found to help lower LDL and help reduce cholesterol as well. Because of the previous two benefits, it helps reduce the risk of heart disease.
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The best way to store flax seed is in the refrigerator or in the freezer. Make sure the bag you store it in is airtight as flax seed can get rancid.
Flax seeds can be eaten whole, ground or as flax oil. It is usually recommended that the seeds be ground for maximum benefit, otherwise the seeds may simply pass through the digestive system, whilst flax seed oil contains only some of the nutrients of flax, having neither the fiber nor the phytochemicals of the whole seed.
Flax seed oil in Punjabi can be translated as "ਅਲਸੀ ਬੀਜ ਤੇਲ" (alsi beej tel).
Tagalog just uses the English words "flax seed". Filipino botanists also call it "Linum usitatissimum".