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I like to know things. Natalie: Now before we get started, I want to ask you question because I am going to be doing a videos soon on different cereals and so I want to know if you eat cereal yes or no, and then if you do what cereals do you eat. Now you got to be honest if you are eating free lubes and grab to crunch and raisins, peanut butter you know you got to put that down because I want to resource to know what to look up and to know why you eat? So let's pause the video leave your comment let me know what cereals do you eat and then replay the video. So today we are talking about the super food flaxseed and I mentioned flaxseed in a few videos our prior to this but I really wanted to high light flaxseed because it has so many benefits I really think it should be a part of your daily diet. Now when you are purchasing flaxseed you need to make sure that you are getting the ground flaxseed that sometimes milk flaxseed and the reason why you need to get a ground up is because the whole flax seeds actually have a coating a fibre on the out sides that's in adjustable to us. So if you just eat the whole flaxseed your body isn't able to break down those seeds to access the healthy fats and all the great benefits in side, so basically just passes right through you. So either buy the ground flaxseed or if you going to buy the whole seeds just make sure that you grind them in your coffee grinder or grind them up in you food processor. Number 1 Flaxseed is going to lower your cholesterol, one of the reasons that lows your cholesterols because that has a soluble fibre which when you digested that actually helps to clear off the cholesterol that's in your blood strain, and also because flaxseed has healthy fats in it. So it helps to increase the good cholesterol and decrease the bad cholesterol. So it definitely will lower your cholesterol. Number 2 Flaxseed has been balanced studies to actually reduce our high blood pressure you know in our society when tone of people have high blood pressure, and a lot of people are dependent on medications to keep their blood pressure in a control, why not add something like this to your diet, instead of completely just a depending on medication. Number 3 Flaxseed works to reduce inflammation. And there are tones of diseases out there that actually are initiated by the inflammatory process. So even something like arthritides, or something like cancer it all in heart disease too it's all tied into inflammation. So you want to keep your information low and the way that you do that is by consuming foods that have healthy fats, and flaxseed is definitely one of those foods. Number 4 Flaxseed helps to reduce your risk of certain cancers, and the way that it does is because of its fiber content and because it contains omega 3 fatty acids which are those healthy fats. Number 5 Flaxseed is a great source of soluble and insoluble fibre. And it actually has 4 grams of fibre per 2 table spoons, and there is some cereals out there you can eat a cup of cereal and not get 4 grams of fibre. So this is a great concentrated source of fiber. Number 6 Flaxseed has laxative properties, and there are lot of people out there, there are constipated, and there is you know there is various reasons why people are constipated but one other reasons is because we do not have enough fibre in our diet. So we are one of those people that is chronic constipated add this to your diet because it will up your fiber in take. Number 7 Flaxseed has 2500 milligrams of omega 3 fatty acids, and those are the healthy fats and then it has 650 milligrams of omega 6 fatty acids, and the thing that's really interesting and good to know about this ratio is its a ratio of about 4-1 and you actually need to have less amounts of omega 6s in your diet than omega 3s, and so having more omega 3s than omega 6s is in a food already you know there is one single food helps to reduce inflammation just because of that ratio, If you do have too many of omega 6s it promotes inflammation. Number 8 Flaxseed is a fabulous crunchy garnish you can added to your salad you can added to your yogurts and into smoothies and It just gives that a really great texture. Number 9 you can store flaxseed up to one year in a dry well ventilated area or you can just throw it in the freezer, so either way it's very convenient to store. Number 10 Flaxseed has a great nutty flavor, so what ever you are adding it to, it will add that great dimension of taste and flavors so kind of activate more taste buds. Number 11 two table spoons of flaxseed only has 70 calories so if you are going to eat you know 2 table spoons of nuts or 2 table spoons cod liver oil you are actually getting less calories in the two table spoons of flaxseed to get the same amount of omega 3 fatty acids. And by the way omega 3 fatty acids are essential and that what's your body doesn't make them you have to have them in your diet. And this is a great way to make sure that you are getting enough. Number 12 you can actually replace a butter fat or an egg with flaxseed and you'll get a little bit denser result but its going to lower the calories and lower the fat. So for example if you are going to make you know a cookie recipe or a cake recipe or muffins or something anything that really calla for fat, 3 table spoons of ground flaxseed will equal 1 table spoon of fat so for example if a recipe calls for 1 table spoon of butter, you can use 3 table spoons of ground flaxseed instead or if you need to replace an egg 2 table spoons of ground flaxseed combine with 3 table spoons of water will equal an egg, so great way to incorporate flaxseed in to your recipe that you love and you can replace some other things that add the calories. Now when you are at the grocery store a plan to look for the, I personally purchase and really like is natures path organic flaxseed meal, so its already ground up for you and its I know actually to available at HEB which is a national chain grocery store, of course you can get it at any health food store the serving size on the flaxseed is 2 table spoons, right now researchers telling that 1 table spoon of flaxseed is the recommended amount but I think that actually more than 1 table spoon is beneficial. So but in just that you know little amount of flaxseed you are getting a great source of omega fatty acids. A lot of people use the flaxseed oil, rather than the ground flaxseed itself, the thing with the flaxseed oils is you are not getting the fibre engages a more concentrated source of calories. So I always tell people to opt for the ground flaxseed itself. But if you are going to choose the flaxseed oil make sure that when you are purchasing it, it's already been refrigerated you know it's in the refrigerated section at the grocery store and it's a dark bottle. So there are so many ways that you can use flaxseed and that's actually a lot of questions I get, why we need to use it? Well you can sprinkle that on your cereal you can put it in to our recipe if you are making home made bread, you can put it on top of your yogurt put on your smoothies if you are making cookies or cakes or recipe that's one of way to add those healthy fats in to it, if you are making pancakes you can added in, so there is, there is no reason why there is not at least one way that you could add the flaxseed in to your diet. Now we are going to be doing a lot more videos on good foods and bad foods so there is a particular food that you are interested in learning about leave a comment and that way we know what you are looking for and subscribe to our videos rate the video and leave your comments any messages that you have and I will see you next time bye.

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Natalie: Now before we get started, I want to ask you question because I am going to be doing a videos soon on different cereals and so I want to know if you eat cereal yes or no, and then if you do what cereals do you eat. Now you got to be honest if you are eating free lubes and grab to crunch and raisins, peanut butter you know you got to put that down because I want to resource to know what to look up and to know why you eat? So let's pause the video leave your comment let me know what cereals do you eat and then replay the video.

So today we are talking about the super food flaxseed and I mentioned flaxseed in a few videos our prior to this but I really wanted to high light flaxseed because it has so many benefits I really think it should be a part of your daily diet. Now when you are purchasing flaxseed you need to make sure that you are getting the ground flaxseed that sometimes milk flaxseed and the reason why you need to get a ground up is because the whole flax seeds actually have a coating a fibre on the out sides that's in adjustable to us. So if you just eat the whole flaxseed your body isn't able to break down those seeds to access the healthy fats and all the great benefits in side, so basically just passes right through you. So either buy the ground flaxseed or if you going to buy the whole seeds just make sure that you grind them in your coffee grinder or grind them up in you food processor.

Number 1 Flaxseed is going to lower your cholesterol, one of the reasons that lows your cholesterols because that has a soluble fibre which when you digested that actually helps to clear off the cholesterol that's in your blood strain, and also because flaxseed has healthy fats in it. So it helps to increase the good cholesterol and decrease the bad cholesterol. So it definitely will lower your cholesterol.

Number 2 Flaxseed has been balanced studies to actually reduce our high blood pressure you know in our society when tone of people have high blood pressure, and a lot of people are dependent on medications to keep their blood pressure in a control, why not add something like this to your diet, instead of completely just a depending on medication.

Number 3 Flaxseed works to reduce inflammation. And there are tones of diseases out there that actually are initiated by the inflammatory process. So even something like arthritides, or something like cancer it all in heart disease too it's all tied into inflammation. So you want to keep your information low and the way that you do that is by consuming foods that have healthy fats, and flaxseed is definitely one of those foods.

Number 4 Flaxseed helps to reduce your risk of certain cancers, and the way that it does is because of its fiber content and because it contains omega 3 fatty acids which are those healthy fats.

Number 5 Flaxseed is a great source of soluble and insoluble fibre. And it actually has 4 grams of fibre per 2 table spoons, and there is some cereals out there you can eat a cup of cereal and not get 4 grams of fibre. So this is a great concentrated source of fiber.
Number 6 Flaxseed has laxative properties, and there are lot of people out there, there are constipated, and there is you know there is various reasons why people are constipated but one other reasons is because we do not have enough fibre in our diet. So we are one of those people that is chronic constipated add this to your diet because it will up your fiber in take.

Number 7 Flaxseed has 2500 milligrams of omega 3 fatty acids, and those are the healthy fats and then it has 650 milligrams of omega 6 fatty acids, and the thing that's really interesting and good to know about this ratio is its a ratio of about 4-1 and you actually need to have less amounts of omega 6s in your diet than omega 3s, and so having more omega 3s than omega 6s is in a food already you know there is one single food helps to reduce inflammation just because of that ratio, If you do have too many of omega 6s it promotes inflammation.

Number 8 Flaxseed is a fabulous crunchy garnish you can added to your salad you can added to your yogurts and into smoothies and It just gives that a really great texture.

Number 9 you can store flaxseed up to one year in a dry well ventilated area or you can just throw it in the freezer, so either way it's very convenient to store.

Number 10 Flaxseed has a great nutty flavor, so what ever you are adding it to, it will add that great dimension of taste and flavors so kind of activate more taste buds.

Number 11 two table spoons of flaxseed only has 70 calories so if you are going to eat you know 2 table spoons of nuts or 2 table spoons cod liver oil you are actually getting less calories in the two table spoons of flaxseed to get the same amount of omega 3 fatty acids. And by the way omega 3 fatty acids are essential and that what's your body doesn't make them you have to have them in your diet. And this is a great way to make sure that you are getting enough.

Number 12 you can actually replace a butter fat or an egg with flaxseed and you'll get a little bit denser result but its going to lower the calories and lower the fat. So for example if you are going to make you know a cookie recipe or a cake recipe or muffins or something anything that really calla for fat, 3 table spoons of ground flaxseed will equal 1 table spoon of fat so for example if a recipe calls for 1 table spoon of butter, you can use 3 table spoons of ground flaxseed instead or if you need to replace an egg 2 table spoons of ground flaxseed combine with 3 table spoons of water will equal an egg, so great way to incorporate flaxseed in to your recipe that you love and you can replace some other things that add the calories.

Now when you are at the grocery store a plan to look for the, I personally purchase and really like is natures path organic flaxseed meal, so its already ground up for you and its I know actually to available at HEB which is a national chain grocery store, of course you can get it at any health food store the serving size on the flaxseed is 2 table spoons, right now researchers telling that 1 table spoon of flaxseed is the recommended amount but I think that actually more than 1 table spoon is beneficial. So but in just that you know little amount of flaxseed you are getting a great source of omega fatty acids.

A lot of people use the flaxseed oil, rather than the ground flaxseed itself, the thing with the flaxseed oils is you are not getting the fibre engages a more concentrated source of calories. So I always tell people to opt for the ground flaxseed itself. But if you are going to choose the flaxseed oil make sure that when you are purchasing it, it's already been refrigerated you know it's in the refrigerated section at the grocery store and it's a dark bottle.

So there are so many ways that you can use flaxseed and that's actually a lot of questions I get, why we need to use it? Well you can sprinkle that on your cereal you can put it in to our recipe if you are making home made bread, you can put it on top of your yogurt put on your smoothies if you are making cookies or cakes or recipe that's one of way to add those healthy fats in to it, if you are making pancakes you can added in, so there is, there is no reason why there is not at least one way that you could add the flaxseed in to your diet.

Now we are going to be doing a lot more videos on good foods and bad foods so there is a particular food that you are interested in learning about leave a comment and that way we know what you are looking for and subscribe to our videos rate the video and leave your comments any messages that you have and I will see you next time bye.

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