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Like olive, canola, and most other plant oils, flax seed oil is very unsaturated and heart-healthy. Lignans and other flax seed components may also have antioxidant properties, which signifies they might minimize the act...
The flax plant, an ancient crop, yields the fibre from which linen is woven, as nicely as seeds (linseed or flaxseed) and oil. The oil, also referred to as linseed oil, has a lot of industrial utilizes - it is an critical ingredient in paints, varnishes and linoleum for example.
Like olive, canola, and most other plant oils, flax seed oil is highly unsaturated and heart-wholesome. Lignans and other flax seed components may possibly also have antioxidant properties, which indicates they may decrease the activity of cell-damaging free radicals.
Not too long ago small studies of cancer patients who consumed flaxseeds have produced some encouraging final results.
In 1 study men with prostate cancer who ate an ounce of ground flaxseeds (nearly three tablespoons) a day as portion of a very-low-fat diet plan had been in a position to slow the progress of their cancers between the time they had been diagnosed and the time of surgery. A equivalent study of women awaiting surgery for breast cancer discovered that these who ate a flaxseed muffin daily (with about four tablespoons of ground flaxseeds per muffin) had a slower tumor growth rate. Studies of animals, too, recommend some anti-cancer benefit from flaxseed. But it's constantly tough to know no matter whether it really is the lignans that help, or some other element in the flaxseeds. And not all studies have yielded good benefits.
Apart from lignans, flaxseeds and their oil are also the finest food sources of an crucial fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid. "Important" means we must consume it, since our bodies cannot manufacture it. Crucial fatty acids are crucial for cell membranes, blood pressure regulation, and other functions. Alpha-linolenic acid is an omega-3, similar to some of the fatty acids in fish oil. Like aspirin, omega-3s might decrease blood clotting, therefore lessening the chance of a fatal heart attack.
Flaxseeds and their oil may also lower total blood cholesterol, as effectively as LDL ("undesirable") cholesterol.
But that really should come as no big surprise, considering that any highly unsaturated oil will do that, particularly if substituted for saturated fats. The fiber in flaxseeds may also assist against cholesterol, given that it is soluble (related to that in oats). [ LAGbook]
