tidbits from nutrition class: garlic and flax February 3, 2010
Posted by Helen in Alternative therapies, Detox, Diet/Nutrition, Food, Health, Wellness.trackback
I’m sitting in nutrition class right now (shh!) and thought I’d share some quick facts we’re learning about garlic and flax – two great super foods!
Garlic is a great natural remedy and can be used for almost everything! It’s detoxifying, can lower cholesterol, helps to eliminate parasites, can be used as a natural remedy for ear infections, keeps away mosquitoes, and helps improve the immune system. Eat your garlic and read more about it at Spark! Wellness.
Flax seems to be in everything these days! My favorite crackers from Trader Joe’s are covered with flax seeds and are soo yummmy!! Flax seeds (and oil) are great for your health: they have anti-inflammatory power, lower cholesterol, supply omega 3s, and may prevent some cancers. Read more at HealthCastle.
My nutritionist told me though that you only really get the nutritional value from flax seeds if they are ground up. So it’s actually the oil that are in them that are of benefit.
Unfortunately, I had been just adding whole flax seeds to my yogurt and other foods, but unless you really grind up or chew everything really well you don’t get much use.
So the best way to use them is to use a blender, or a mortal and pestle and get the oil and them put them in items.