If you always like to stay fit and healthy, then you must start having flax seeds which have numerous advantages. Flax seeds have been consumed for more than 6000 years. When you start consuming Flax seeds, it will improve your health. Flax seeds are generally small in size and brown or golden brown colored and come in crunchy hard covering. It helps in proper digestion; give you clear skin, balances hormones, prevents cancer and also fight against weight loss. Flax seeds are the source of omega-3 fatty acids. Flax seeds are the main source of lignan in the human diet.
You can eat flax seeds in several ways. You should avoid eating junk foods, and if you want to get the best results, then you must try preparing different types of recipes with flax seeds.
Smoothie With Flax Seeds
Flax seeds are sweet and nutty flavored; you can easily prepare any kind of sweets, or you can prepare healthy smoothie. A smoothie is a very healthy food which you can drink anytime, especially you can drink a smoothie in the morning or afternoon. First, you have to decide which smoothie you want to prepare.
How Can You Select Flax Seeds When You Are Preparing Smoothie?
You will get flax seeds easily at most of the grocery stores. Whole seeds are good, and you can keep it for a long time. You need to grind up before you add flax seeds in your smoothie. Also, you can buy grounded flax seed. When you are preparing flax seed smoothie, you need to grind them properly. You should not soak flax seeds it will clump together.
How To Prepare?
When you are done choosing flaxseeds, you need to decide which smoothie you want to prepare.
- You can take 400 ml milk in one glass.
- You can choose strawberry for a flavored smoothie.
- Grounded Flaxseeds
You can mix all the ingredients in a mixer and mix it well; you can also add ice and sugar if needed.
Flax Seed Burfi:
If you always crave for sweets then flax seed burfi will be the best sweet which you can eat, and it’s really a healthy for your health.
Ingredients That You Need To Prepare Burfi:
- Powder of flax seed: ½ cup
- Ground walnut: ½ cup
- Ground almonds: ½ cup
- Grounded cashews: ½ cup
- Cardamom powder: 1 tbsp
- Sugar: 1 cup
- Water: ¼ cup
Method:
It’s very easy to prepare; you can just follow the simple steps.
- You need to grease a plate, and you can keep it aside.
- Use dry flax seed and then you can heat it up for one minute. After that, you can add walnut, cashew and almond powder. You need to roast all the nuts for two minutes and stir it continuously.
- Once the pan is heated enough, you can turn it off and add cardamom then mix it well and keep it aside.
- You can boil sugar and water together until it becomes syrup. Syrup should be really thick once it is done, you can cool it for some time.
- You can add nuts mixture with the syrup. After that you should mix it well and then you can spread it over on greased plate, then you need to press it from all the sides. It should be really thick, and then you can cut them in ½ inch square shape.
- You need to cool it for a few hours, and your Flax seed Burfi is ready to serve.
Amazing benefits of Flaxseeds
A 1 ounce (3 tbsp) serving of flaxseeds contains:- Omega-3 (ALA) 6,338mg
- Protein 6g
- Fiber 8g
- Vitamin B1 31% RDA
- Magnesium 30% RDA
- Manganese 35% RDA
- Selenium 10% RDA
- Phosphorus 19% RDA
- Good amount of vitamin B6
- Iron
- Potassium
- Copper
- Zinc
Ailments that can be taken care of by flaxseeds-
- Gastrointestinal conditions
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Acne
- Attention deficit disorder
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Depression
Advantages of taking Of Flaxseed:
- High fiber enriched and low in carbs
- Your skin will glow amazingly and also you will have healthy hair
- You can reduce weight and stay healthy
- High antioxidant and helps in digestion
- Lower cholesterol level
- Flaxseeds are gluten free
- Flax seeds prevent cancer
