Flax porridge is an excellent dietary dish, which is simply necessary for a healthy human diet. This product has long been helping to maintain health for many years. After all, even after heat treatment, flax seeds retain all the nutrients and their beneficial properties.
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Useful properties of flax porridge
The beneficial properties of flax porridge are due to its unique chemical composition. It contains soluble and insoluble fiber, in large quantities - polyunsaturated fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6 and amino acids very important for human health. Flax porridge contains vitamins A, E, group B, minerals copper, iron, potassium, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium. It contains a lot of silicon, and more potassium than bananas.
The product contains an increased amount of plant hormones with antiallergic and antioxidant properties. Therefore, the use of flax porridge is indicated for cardiovascular, oncological, allergic diseases. The substances called lignans contained in flax porridge turn into phytoestrogens as a result of metabolism. They normalize the balance of hormones and prevent the development of hormone-dependent diseases of oncology (ovarian cancer, breast cancer, uterus, prostate cancer).
Regular eating flax porridge is an excellent prevention of cancer.
Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids help lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol. Flax porridge is very useful for those who want to lose weight: the polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in flax seeds help “burn” the fats that the body receives with animal products. To make the process of burning fat during fitness more efficient, you need to eat a portion of flax porridge half an hour or an hour before class.
What diseases is flaxseed good for?
It is very useful to cook porridge from flax during the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In the process of preparation, mucus is formed in it, which has an enveloping, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. It protects the gastric mucosa from irritation, has a calming effect in gastritis with high acidity, gastric and duodenal ulcers, cholecystitis, colitis, food poisoning, and promotes resorption of adhesions and scars. It is useful to eat porridge from flax seeds as an anthelmintic, during exacerbation of hemorrhoids, in the treatment of prostatitis. It will be useful for colds and coughs. Flaxseed reduces the dependence of diabetics on insulin.
People with diabetes are advised to eat bread supplemented with flax seeds - it reduces blood sugar after eating.