One day, my student Nandita gave me a couple of bottles of linseed oil. At that time, I still didn’t know how useful it was, so I decided to specifically touch on this topic a little.:
“Linseed oil — health and longevity from nature
Proper nutrition helps us strengthen our immune system and maintain a good mood. Now is the perfect time to buy fresh linseed oil from this year’s harvest. Read about the health benefits of this natural product in our article.
Since time immemorial, flax in Russia has clothed, fed, and treated. Linseed oil was considered a healing product, which could be used to cure many ailments.
Flax seed oil is rich in antioxidants, vitamins A, E, group B, K, manganese, phosphorus, but its main advantage is the ideal ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. According to this indicator, it is even ahead of fish oil.
Useful properties of linseed oil
- Flaxseed oil improves heart function: it lowers cholesterol and reduces blood viscosity, increases vascular elasticity, reduces the risk of blood clots and prevents the occurrence of coronary heart disease, strokes and heart attacks.
- Regular consumption of this vegetable oil normalizes the digestive system: improves liver function, stops heartburn and constipation, the body gets rid of parasites.
- Flaxseed oil helps to normalize the hormonal background, relieving PMS in women and positively affecting the body during menopause.
- Regular consumption of linseed oil increases immunity, it is especially recommended to use it after illnesses and surgical operations. This product prevents inflammatory processes in the body.
- It has been proven that regular consumption of this product is the prevention of certain cancers, such as breast cancer and colorectal cancer. And all this is due to the fact that vegetable oil perfectly removes toxins from the body and improves cellular metabolism.
- Linseed oil is useful for pregnant women: its regular use has a positive effect on the development of the fetal brain, facilitates the course of pregnancy.
- This product relieves the condition of people who suffer from joint diseases.
- Flaxseed oil normalizes the thyroid gland and has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, improving mood and helping to cope with stress more easily.
- Surprisingly, flaxseed oil helps to lose weight, and all due to the fact that it controls appetite, has a mild laxative effect and accelerates metabolism.
- It was also appreciated in cosmetology: flax seed oil has the most beneficial effect on skin and hair health.
About the fly in the ointment, or the harm of linseed oil
This product is very capricious, omega acids tend to oxidize quickly, resulting in the formation of many free radicals that have a negative effect on the body. To prevent this from happening, linseed oil should not be heated or added to hot food. It is better to use another vegetable oil for frying and stewing.
Flax seed oil can be used in salads, added to cottage cheese, mixed with sour cream or other ingredients for sauces.
For medicinal purposes, it is taken twice a day, one tablespoon an hour before meals. The duration of admission is 3-4 months.
Even such a useful product has contraindications: cholecystitis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, cholelithiasis.
How to choose linseed oil
- Linseed oil is afraid of light, it spoils from exposure to direct and indirect sunlight, so you only need to choose the product in an opaque container — a darkened glass or plastic bottle.
- Pay attention to the production time, even if it says that the oil can be stored for a year, it is better to buy a product made 1-2 months ago.
- Linseed oil can be in its pure form or with additives of selenium, chromium, silicon.
These minerals protect the product from premature oxidation due to their antioxidant properties.”
