Belonging to the family Linaceae, flax seeds or linseed is a flowering plant and is mostly seen growing in temperate climates across the world. Flaxseeds are known as Alsi in Hindi language. It is good to consume one to two teaspoons of ground flaxseeds every day. Intake of flaxseeds every day could improve our health in numerous ways. That is due to the presence of many nutrients in it. Various nutrients present in the flaxseeds are fibres, proteins, carbs, minerals like copper, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, zinc etc. Moreover, flax seeds also have vitamin B6, folate etc.
Health benefits of intake of flaxseeds every day are
Boosts heart health:
The omega 3 fatty acids rich (ALA or alpha linoleic acid) flaxseeds would boost our heart health. It must be noted that intake of these seeds would lower inflammation and prevents atherosclerosis. It has been brought out by research that daily intake of ALA rich flax seeds would lead to reduced death due to heart disease.
Protect against cancer:
Here, lignans present in flaxseeds play a big role due to their cancer fighting properties. Research study has revealed that intake of flaxseeds could be beneficial against various types of cancers like colon, lung, blood and skin etc.
Prevents constipation in us:
The fibre rich flax seeds would be superb for us and we could avoid issues like constipation etc. It is known that constipation refers to difficult and irregular bowel movements. There are many people who suffer from this issue. Our gut health would be superb by intake of flaxseeds having both soluble and insoluble fibres.
Lowers cholesterol levels:
Consuming flax seeds everyday would lower the bad cholesterol in us. This would help in improving our heart health.
Lowers blood pressure:
Having high blood would be dangerous and it could result in many complications. Intake of flaxseeds every day would help us to lower BP and this would prevent us from serious issues like heart attack strokes etc.
Controls diabetes:
Like BP, diabetes has now become a very common issue. Managing or controlling diabetes or high blood sugar levels is essential for our lives to be normal and safe. In this regard, intake of flaxseeds daily would be superb.b. The soluble fibre present in flaxseeds would lower the blood sugar levels in us.
Helps in weight management:
Weight gain or weight increase would be dangerous as it could lead to many health issues in us. Many of us struggle to lose our excess weight. In this regard, consuming flax seeds daily would help us. The digestion would get slowed down due to the soluble fibres in the flaxseeds. Feeling of fullness would get more and by this we would not consume excess foods. By this, we could lose excess weight also.
Important note:
Intake of flaxseeds is not for everyone. It must be noted that those persons who are taking blood thinner medicines, those with digestive issues like inflammatory bowel disease, pregnant and breast feeding women etc. Those persons who are allergic to flax seeds must refrain from consuming flaxseeds.