Flax seeds are an unsurpassed special dietary food product with unique properties.
They are used as a tasty and valuable dietary supplement in the preparation of all kinds of cold dishes, any fruit and vegetable salads, cabbage, vinaigrettes and sauces. Flaxseeds can be added to any ready-made cereals, mashed potatoes, ready-made first and second courses. It is very tasty and healthy to mix with cottage cheese and herbs, sour cream and mayonnaise. Flax seeds can be consumed along with milk, yogurt and kefir. Flax seeds are useful to add to flour products when baking, as a substitute for eggs or butter. Adding flax seeds to these dishes does not change the technology of their preparation, but only improves the quality of these dishes and increases their nutritional value.
Properties:
- provide motor function of the gastrointestinal tract, effectively cleansing the human body
- are the richest source of lignans
- have a preventive effect at different stages of carcinogenesis, disrupting the growth of tumor cells
- have a powerful antioxidant effect
Recommendations for use:
Recommended to consume:
– with atherosclerosis
– for the prevention and auxiliary treatment of cardiovascular diseases
– to reduce the likelihood of blood clots
– with diabetes mellitus (Omega-3 improves the action of insulin and protects the body from the onset and development of diabetes. At the same time, not only the perception of insulin improves, but also the level of cholesterol in the blood decreases)
– for liver diseases to improve liver function
– for prophylaxis and for diseases of the thyroid gland
– for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
– to lower blood pressure and maintain the human immune system
– to improve the condition of the skin and hair
– to facilitate the elimination of toxic substances from organisms
– as a general tonic
– flax seeds have very strong antiparasitic properties
Mode of application:
The use of flax seeds for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes:
– for the treatment and prevention of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract as an enveloping and mild laxative: 2 tbsp. tablespoons of flax seeds are poured with 1 glass of boiling water and let it brew for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drink a slimy infusion of 0.5 cups before meals.
– for constipation, swollen flax seeds are taken orally 2-3 r. 3 teaspoons a day with water.
– for the treatment and prevention of heart and vascular diseases, breast and prostate cancer: 2 tbsp. tablespoons of flax seeds are poured into 1 tbsp. boiling water, let it brew for 10 minutes. and is taken orally.
– in general, for health and prevention, you can simply constantly eat whole flax seeds, add them to food (according to some sources, at least 5 grams per day), and for treatment – 50 grams. per day for one to several months (for example, there is evidence that the use of flaxseed in an amount of 50 grams per day for several weeks gave a positive result in relation to the work of the heart muscle, the immune system and did not cause side effects) …
– infusion of flax seeds: 2 tbsp. Dissolve tablespoons of flax seeds in one glass of boiling water and leave for 20 minutes. Consume 100 – 150 ml. 2-3 times a day 0.5 hours before meals for coughing and as a laxative for constipation, especially in chronic colitis.
Contraindications!
Individual sensitivity to some components.
Storage conditions and terms:
Store in the manufacturer’s packaging at a temperature not exceeding 25o С and relative air humidity not exceeding 75%.
Release form:
Packing 100 g
This product is not a medical product.
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Flax seeds and health benefits
Flax seeds and diseases of the cardiovascular system: Due to the increase in the amount of cholesterol in the blood, the walls of the arteries harden, the amount of plaque increases, which impedes the flow of blood in the coronary arteries feeding the brain. All this leads to atherosclerosis, the threat of heart attacks, paralysis. Flaxseed has been proven to contain Omega-3 acid, which is called the natural elixir of youth. It lowers blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Flax seeds have a very wide range of health benefits. As a result of their consumption, the likelihood of blood clots in the heart, lungs, brain decreases, high blood pressure decreases, the risk of heart attacks, microinfarctions, arrhythmias, diseases associated with heart valves, coronary heart disorders and other cardiovascular diseases decreases. Flax seeds are used in complex treatment for atherosclerosis, coronary and peripheral vessels, cerebral vessels and other diseases accompanied by hyperlipidemia {high fat content, primarily high blood cholesterol content). Unlike drugs, flaxseeds do not cause any side effects or contraindications.
Flaxseeds and Gastrointestinal Diseases: People today are low on fiber. The dietary fiber contained in flaxseed stimulates gastrointestinal activity (lactation).
This is especially necessary for those who have disorders in this area (for example, constipation caused by various reasons). Polysaccharides have a membranostatic effect, as a result of which, flaxseed is used as an enveloping, emollient and anti-inflammatory agent for gastritis and stomach ulcers. Flax seed mucus, when brewed with boiling water, has a mild laxative property. When taken orally, linseed mucus coats a thin layer of the mucous membrane of the esophagus and stomach, protecting them from irritation. This is especially important in case of stomach ulcers, which are usually accompanied by increased secretion of gastric juice. The mucus layer is retained for a long time, providing a protective and calming effect in inflammation of the esophagus, gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, enteritis, colitis, chronic cholecystitis, hemorrhoids.
Flax seeds are also used as an antiparasitic agent. In addition, flax seeds are used for food poisoning because polysaccharides reduce the absorption of toxins.
Flax Seeds and Respiratory Diseases: In ancient Eastern medicine, flax seeds were used as a medicine with “dissolving”, “cleansing” and “emollient” properties. According to Avicenna’s description, flax seeds help with “mucous cough” with shortness of breath. Flax seeds are prescribed as an expectorant for pneumonia, acute and chronic bronchitis, pleurisy. Flax seeds are also helpful in treating asthma. Sometimes this requires consuming them for only a few days.
Flaxseed and anti-cancer activity: Flaxseed contains at least 2 components that can prevent or reduce the risk of certain types of cancers caused by hormone sensitivity, such as breast cancer and prostatitis. Diseases occur due to disturbances in the metabolic process in the body. The balance of the metabolic process is achieved with the help of phytochemicals (lignans).
Lignans have strong anti-cancer effects. Omega-3 acid also has anti-cancer effects.
As a result of microbial metabolism, flax lignans in the large intestine are converted into active phytoestrogens: enterolactone and entyrodiol, which normalize hormonal balance and protect reproductive organs from the development of hormone-dependent cancer. This is especially evident in the case of breast cancer.
By their properties, flax lignans are applicable in the prevention and treatment of oncological diseases of the female and male genital area, including cancer of the breast, uterus, ovaries, uterine fibroids, cystic fibrous mastopathy, endometriosis in women, and prostate cancer in men.
The inclusion of flax seeds in the diet together with additional nutrients has a great anti-cancer effect. Flax seeds should also be used to prevent this terrible disease.
Flax seeds and radiation exposure: Flax seeds in some cases protect the body from the harmful effects of radiation exposure, promote the elimination of radionuclides from the body during radiation contamination. With the help of flaxseed, you can free the body from radionuclides: pour one glass of flax seeds with 2 liters of boiling water and insist in a boiling water bath in a tightly sealed container for 2 hours, cool.
Take about 1/2 g of a glass 6-7 times daily before meals.
Flaxseed and Diabetes: Eating bread with a 25% flaxseed supplement results in a 28% lower blood sugar level after a meal, according to Canadian researchers than eating bread without the supplement.
Flaxseed porridge reduces the dependence of diabetics on insulin injections. In diabetes mellitus, there is an insufficient formation and entry into the blood of insulin, a hormone of the pancreas.
Frequent consumption of small amounts of flaxseed, which contains Omega-3, enhances the effect of insulin and protects the body from the onset and development of diabetes.
Flax seeds and diseases caused by a lack of prostaglandins: The polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in sufficient quantities in flaxseed are precursors of prostaglandins and have a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect. They are very useful for pulmonary diseases, gastritis with high acidity and gastric ulcer, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, thereby, lowering blood pressure, take part in the transmission of nerve impulses, restoring the work of various organs, contributing to the normal development of pregnancy and childbirth.
Flax seeds and inflammatory diseases: Omega-3 acid helps with gastrointestinal diseases, diseases of the genitourinary system, radiation damage to the skin and burns. Ground flaxseed is recommended to be taken by postoperative patients, as it increases the general immunity of the body, prevents the occurrence of inflammatory processes. The omega-3s and lignans in flaxseed simulate immune responses and may play a positive role in the practice of clinical regulation of autoimmune diseases such as polyarthritis and lupus. For example, the inclusion of flaxseed in the diet during the treatment of arthritis is quite successful. It is useful to lubricate sore spots with linseed oil. Observations have shown that 60% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis were able to completely stop taking anti-inflammatory drugs,
Flax seeds and diseases of the genitourinary system: Due to its cleansing, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, flax seeds are used for diseases of the genitourinary system.
Flax seeds and sexual dysfunctions in men: Flax seeds increase the production of testosterone, the male sex hormone, stimulates spermatogenesis, improves erection, and is therefore effective against impotence.
This action in the male body is due to the fact that flaxseeds are a source of phytoestrogens.
Flax seeds at different periods of a woman’s life: Flax seeds contribute to the normal growth and development of the fetus, increases lactation in nursing mothers. Flax seeds minimize menopausal discomfort, reduce bone pain, eliminate vaginal discharge, and reduce irritability and anxiety. This is largely due to the fact that flaxseeds are a source of phytoestrogens.
Flaxseed and obesity: Due to its abundance of polyunsaturated fatty acids, flaxseed helps burn off saturated fats, which are high in animal products.
Flax Seeds and Allergies: Eating flax seeds can help reduce allergic reactions. As a result, allergic and inflammatory processes decrease, the patient’s condition improves.
Flax seeds and mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction: According to data obtained by Dr. D. Rudin, deficiency in omega-3 fats is one of the causes of most mental illness and mental disorders. In this regard, the use of flax seeds helps to improve the condition in schizophrenia, depression, alcoholism, drug addiction (especially with withdrawal syndrome), and a number of behavioral disorders. (Biologi Phychiatry, Vol. 16, No. 9, 1981)
Flax seeds under stress and neuralgia: Under stress, toxic biochemicals are produced that destroy the body. Omega-3 inhibits their formation. Flaxseed has a calming effect, which is important in stressful situations.
Flax Seeds and Skin and Hair Condition: Flax seeds provide normal healthy skin and hair. They prevent their age-related changes, contribute to the return of “youthful skin”. The use of flax seeds in the diet helps to improve the condition of patients with skin diseases, the treatment of which is often ineffective.
Flax seeds and water retention: Water retention (edema) is seen as edema in some types of obesity, postmenopausal period, cardiovascular disease, and other diseases in which it is difficult to remove sodium and water from the kidneys. Eating flaxseed helps your kidneys work in these conditions.
Other cases: Flax seed helps with multiple sclerosis; Omega-3 is needed to improve vision (retina); adrenal and thyroid function; sperm formation.
The use of flax seeds in cosmetology
The great seducer of all times and peoples – Cleopatra, assigned a special place to flax seed in her famous cosmetic laboratory. In combination with various components, flax has a beneficial effect on any skin.
For those who love their skin:
A flaxseed mask for dry skin is recommended to be done 2 times a week: pour a handful of ground seeds with a small amount of hot water, leave for an hour. Lubricate the face with the resulting infusion for 30 minutes, then rinse it with warm water, dry it and apply a moisturizer to the skin. The mask smoothes the skin, makes it more oily, relieves irritation.
Another mask: pour two tablespoons of flax seeds with 2 cups of water and cook until mushy. Apply the resulting mass hot (through a layer of gauze) on the face and neck for 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water, then rinse with cold. With dilated vessels, a cool mask is applied and washed off with cool water as well. The mask has a nourishing and smoothing effect, protects against wrinkles and folds. It is used for dry and thin, quickly inflamed skin.
For aging, dry skin, chamomile and flaxseed masks are useful. Prepare a glass of chamomile infusion (2 incomplete tablespoons of dry inflorescences per glass of boiling water), add 1 tbsp. spoon of flaxseed and stir well. Apply gruel to your face. After 15 minutes. Remove the mask with a cotton swab, wipe your face with a solution of boric acid. Stay at home for an hour after your procedure.
When going out into the air, be sure to lubricate your face with a greasy or moisturizer. Mix equal parts of crushed flaxseed, flour and water, let it swell, then thickly grease your face with this mixture. After 30 min. Rinse off the mask with warm water.
Recommended for dry sensitive skin. 2 tbsp. boil tablespoons of flax seeds for 10-15 minutes. in 1 glass of water over low heat. Cool the resulting gelatinous mass, add a teaspoon of white clay or talcum powder to it, stir well. This mask should be kept on the face for 15-20 minutes, then washed off with warm water. The mask is useful for loose, dry, as well as normal to oily skin. Dry, cracked skin must first be lubricated with a fat cream.
Pour a teaspoon of flaxseed and the same amount of ground oatmeal with fresh milk and let it brew. Apply the gruel with a brush or a wide brush to the face and neck for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water. Works well on oily skin.
In the presence of blackheads on the face, once a week on a thoroughly cleansed face, apply a warm linseed compress in a bag of gauze for 15-20 minutes. After removing it, remove blackheads by lightly pressing with 2 fingers. Hands should be absolutely clean, it is better to wrap your fingers with two pieces of gauze dipped in a solution of hydrogen peroxide.
Flaxseed mask makes the skin of the neck smooth and tender. To do this, grease the neck and chest with a gruel from the decoction of flax seeds, cover with parchment paper and a terry towel on top. After removing the mask, sprinkle the skin with cold water and lubricate with cream.
With a double chin, in the evening before bedtime, it is good to make a hot poultice of flaxseed boiled in milk. You need to keep it for about half an hour.
Barley on the eyelids is first treated with cold compresses from boric acid, and later – hot compresses from decoction of flaxseed.
If the skin of the lips begins to peel off, and red spots appear on it, it is recommended to wipe it with a decoction of flaxseed. If the skin of the hands is very dry and cracked, it is recommended to make baths from a decoction of flaxseed. Dip your hands into the broth for 10 minutes, then grease them with a fatty nourishing cream or fish oil, without rinsing first.
Daily warm foot baths with flaxseed decoction (2 tablespoons per 1 liter of boiling water) relieve fatigue, improve blood circulation, cleanse the skin. Add flaxseed decoction to water at room temperature. Dip your feet into the prepared bath and hold for 10-15 minutes. You can also do contrasting baths, alternately lowering your legs for 2-3 minutes. now in cold, then in hot water. In this case, the flaxseed decoction must be added to hot water.
Flaxseed decoction and potato peel baths are recommended for calluses, rough skin and cracked heels.
With too dry, rough skin of the body, baths with the addition of a thick decoction of flaxseed and chamomile (100 ml of each component per bath) will help. The duration of the bath is 10-15 minutes.
Infusion (1 teaspoon of flaxseed shake for 15 minutes in 30 ml of hot water) or a decoction of flaxseed (1 teaspoon with the top of ground seeds boil for about a minute in 1-1.2 cups of water, insist, stirring often, hours and strain) can be used to wet hair when curling it on curlers. This method is quite laborious, but flax keeps the hairstyle better than any varnish, and the hair will never hurt or split.
