Top 5 Health benefits of flax seeds. | All about health and nutrition

Flax and chia contain lignans that can benefit both breast and brain health, especially in menopausal women. Make sure your flax and chia seeds are ground up or soaked overnight to ensure you can absorb the nutrients. I recommend at least 1 tsp of flax and 1 tsp of chia daily so that you get the lignans that can . .fight cancer. You can go up to 1 tbsp of flax and 1 tbsp of chia daily - especially if you are exercising a lot. I add both to my smoothie or stir them into oat groats. I sometimes ma

Pulling Flax -- To ensure all the precious flax fibers were collected the flax had to be pulled from the ground. Here's a video of this being done in Co. Derry in the early 1990's. Did any of you ever do this job? | Videos of Irish Farming Life