Exciting the taste bud!
Flax is rapidly entering the diet plan of individuals who enjoy tasty gourmet meals and nutrition that is good for health. Healthy living is the mantra of the 21st century and food as always is part of living life to the fullest. Flax meal in breads, cookies and pancakes are creating a taste bud sensation that gives satisfaction to the quality conscious. Great taste and good for health is the verdict of many in the gourmet, natural and organic food industry.
Flax is a blue-flowered plant well suited for the cool climate of the Canadian prairie province of Manitoba. Flax seed is very well known for adding omega-3 fatty acid and fibre to the diet while enhancing the flavour of the foods.
Canadian flax is a quality product that in addition to increasing omega 3 fatty acids and adding fibre to a meal also contains alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), and lignans.
The soluble fibre in flax seeds helps lower blood cholesterol levels, while the insoluble fibre can help improve bowel movement by moving the stool through the colon more quickly.
Flax seed is a rich source of lignans and can contribute up to 800 times more lignans than most other foods in a vegetarian diet. Lignans have been seen in laboratory studies of animals to help protect against certain kinds of cancer, particularly cancers of the breast and colon, by blocking tumour formation.
Flax as part of human diet has been around from ancient times. There are records of flax cultivation in Babylon dating back to around 3,000 B.C. Hippocrates around 650 B.C. wrote about the use of flax to relieve abdominal pains. Charlemagne in the 8th century considering flax good for health passed laws requiring his subjects to consume flax.
For me the first wonderful experience of the day is waking up to the smell of freshly baked flax bread waiting in the bread maker. Then the next wonderful moment comes from the nutty flavour as I take the first bite of a warm slice of moist bread with a lovely crust. At that early in the morning I’m totally consumed by the delightful aroma as I start my day.
So here we have it, A tasty healthy ingredient for the foods we enjoy.
Siddha Param
International Business Consultant
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America
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