Flaxseed
Flaxseed (sometimes called linseed) comes from Linum usitatissimum. People first used it at least 30,000 years ago for both food and fibre. They spun the fibre into fishing lines and wove it into clothing.
People have cultivated the modern flax we use today for around 10,000 years. They recorded the health benefits of flax as long as 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon.
Traditional Remedy and Healthful Food
For thousands of years, people have used flax as an effective remedy for several conditions, including constipation, digestive issues, sore eyes, coughs and catarrh.
Today, many people include flax in a healthy, wholefood diet to help improve health issues associated with modern processed diets. In addition, many regard it as both a preventative food and an aid in the treatment of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, IBS, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, dementia, asthma, eczema and obesity.
Nutritious
Flaxseed provides a rich source of nutritional components that work synergistically. As a result, it often provides greater benefits than any single nutrient alone.
- Omega-3
- Insoluble fibre
- Soluble fibre
- Lignans
- Polyphenols
- Vitamin E (gamma-tocopherol)
- And more
Flax for the Budwig Diet
Because these nutrients should all form part of a healthy human diet, the Budwig Diet includes both flaxseed oil and freshly ground flaxseed every day.