Flaxseed Extract

Flaxseed Extract

What is Flaxseed?

Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a food and fiber crop. Flaxseeds are a good source of dietary fiber and omega-3 fatty acids, including alpha-linolenic acid.

Flaxseeds also contain phytoestrogens called lignans, which are similar to the hormone estrogen. The fiber in flaxseed is found in the seed coat. When taken before eating, it seems to make people feel less hungry. It might also help limit how much cholesterol the body absorbs from food.

Benefits of Flaxseed Extract:

1. Relieve constipation

The flaxseed extract will Improve intestinal function, increase absorption capacity, increase intestinal motility to normalize bowel movements and improve constipation.

2. Reduce allergic

With comprehensive nutritional assistance, the nutrients contained in flaxseed extract can improve the body's immunity and reduce the occurrence of allergies.

3. Beauty and skin care

The active ingredients in flaxseed extract can improve the fat content of the skin, make the skin smoother, moisturized, soft and elastic, and make the skin breathe and sweat normally, reducing various skin problems.

4. Anti-cancer

The lignans in flaxseed extract have a protective effect on cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, colon cancer and melanoma. American scholars have recently found that adding flaxseed to the diet has an improvement on cancer-related indicators of prostate cancer patients.

5. Brain health

The active ingredients contained in flaxseed extract have the effect of increasing brain transmitters (Neurotransmitter), strengthening brain activity, and playing a role in brain health.

Dosing

The following doses have been studied in scientific research:

BY MOUTH:

For diabetes: A 600 mg dose of a specific flaxseed lignan extract has been taken three times daily for 12 weeks.

For high cholesterol:  1000mg flaxseed lignan extract has been taken daily for 6 weeks to 6 months.