The 15th annual Susan G. Komen North Florida Race for the Cure will be held on Saturday, October 17 2009, at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, FL and Flaxmatters.com will be there to sponsor the event.
A little background on the organization, Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in [...]
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For many years flax has been known for all of it’s great nutritional benefits, but just recently it has been found to be great for skin and hair health. Here is just one example of a great recipe for making flax hair gel.
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Prissygreen is a great blog where you can find information on living and learning to live a green life relating to skin care, home care, health care eco-conscious clothing and decor and everything relating to a more well rounded eco friendly way of life!
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Flax seed has been around for quite some time, but it wasn’t until recently that many people realized just how beneficial it was for athletes. Flax seed contains high amounts of alpha linolenic acid (ALA), a type of Omega-3 fatty acid that is converted in the body to hormone-like compounds that play an important role in construction of healthy cell walls, transportation of oxygen to body cells, proper growth of tissues such as muscle, and metabolism of energy for the heart muscle.
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But is there any reason why men should add more flax seed to their diet? Indeed there is! In fact, there are several reasons men may want to eat more flax seed.
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Two clinical studies found postmenopausal women who ate a diet supplemented with 10g or 25g of milled flax for 7 weeks or 16 weeks2 increased the excretion of 2-hydroxyestrone in their urine, without increasing the excretion of 16∝-hydroxyestrone.
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Whole flax seeds and milled flax are excellent sources of lignans. Indeed, flax is the richest known dietary source of lignans.
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Flaxseed has been a part of a healthy human diet for much longer then you may realize. The first recorded use of flaxseed in cooking goes all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia where it has been growing for many thousand years. Back then of course it was used for food, but was [...]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in industrialized countries. DHA is a key fatty acid found in the retina. Epidemiological studies examining the association between DHA or fish intake and AMD have generally shown a protective relationship. Consumption of more than 4 servings of fish/week are associated with [...]
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