This is What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Flaxseed Every Day

We’re devoted to offering readers the best possible information to help them live and enjoy happier, healthier lives. Thus, we’re always seeking the next solution for life’s many problems and exploring it in a manner that best suits our everyday life. Some content is just perfect as is, in which case we’re quite lucky to be collaborating with those behind this valuable article, and have been granted permission to republish it. We encourage you to visit their website after reading this post. We want to share with you an interesting story. Jim, a 62-year-old Tennessean, got a wake-up call when his cholesterol measured at a frightening 288 mg/dl (normal is below 200). Unsurprisingly, his physician quickly prescribed a cholesterol-lowering. Statins are bad news. We've always been concerned with their side effects, including muscular weakness and pain, and interference with the production levels of coenzyme-Q10. It simply makes no sense to take these medicines, especially when safer and natural therapies are available. Flaxseed is one of the treatments that’s worked excellently well for the patients at the Mashed.

Health Benefits of Flaxseed

Besides flaxseed helping prevent strokes and heart attacks, it also lowers cholesterol levels. It’s also an excellent source of soluble fiber, which acts as a natural cholesterol control mechanism by binding to bile acids in the intestinal tract and interfering with cholesterol absorption into the bloodstream, literally helping to block it from going there. Flaxseed is the richest vegetarian source of omega-3 essential fatty acids. These essential fatty acids (EFAs) are vital cellular membrane components that improve blood flow and help prevent stroke- and heart attack-causing blood clots. These Omega-3s have also been shown to reduce triglycerides and blood cholesterol. This combination of soluble fiber and EFA's makes flaxseed a very effective cholesterol-lowering ingredient.

How Flaxseed Helped Jim?

Having read about flaxseed health benefits, Jim decided to try it out, starting to use ¼ cup of freshly-ground flaxseed every day, an hour before his main meal. The results were remarkable:

• After fifteen days, Jim’s cholesterol fell to 232, plummeting to 188 in six months;
• During that period, he also lost 33 pounds;
• He also noticed remarkable improvements in his energy level, skin, hair, and vision, leading him to comment: “I just feel better than I did ten years ago.”

You, too, can benefit from flaxseed. I suggest incorporating ¼ cup of freshly-ground flaxseed into the everyday diet. They have a rich and nutty flavor and can be also sprinkled on salads, yogurt, and other foods. Usually, we don’t recommend using pre-ground seeds or flax oil, because they can quickly become rancid. Instead, buy whole seeds and grind them in a food processor, blender, or coffee grinder for five seconds just before consumption.

Now it’s your turn: How do you enjoy flaxseed health benefits?

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