Grinding Flaxseeds

If you are grinding your own flaxseed, first grind a handful of uncooked, dry white or brown rice through your coffee grinder to remove coffee odor. Use this trick for grinding spices too, and you will need only one grinder.

Flaxseeds

Whether in the form of flaxseed oil or flaxseeds, add flax to your diet slowly - too much, too fast can give you gas if you are not used to it. It lowers blood pressure, risk of stroke, fights arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, stomach disorders, and even mental problems. It also protects against cancers of the breast, colon, and prostate.

Flaxseeds - Grind them

To get the most out of flaxseeds, grind them in a coffee grinder (much easier) or mini food processor. Unless the seeds are well chewed or ground, they simply pass throught the body, and you don't reap their health benefits.

In addition, don't heat flaxseed oil - this will destroy its alpha-linolenic content as well as make the oil taste unpleasant.

Lower Risk of hormone-related cancers

Beans, flaxseeds, pomegranates, and soy foods - contain compounds that may lower the risk of hormone related cancers, as well as relieve fibrocystic breasts, osteoarthritis, and symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause.

Flaxseeds as Omega 3

If you do not eat fish or eggs, flaxseeds are the most common source of omega 3 for vegetarians. I usually grind the flaxseeds or you can these days get grounded flaxseeds from health stores like whole foods. Usually I put 2 - 4 tbsps of ground flaxseed in the dough I make to make the bread for meals. This way, the kids do not make a fuss as they cannot make out any difference.

You can store up to 90 days the ground flaxseeds in the refrigrator, make sure it is stored in airtight container.