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Natural Bowel Care Program: How can ALA help
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ALA can help reduce inflammation in the body. It acts by blocking the formation of compounds that promote inflammation. Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, cancer and Alzhiemers, among many other disease all have an inflammatory reponse in the body. Alpha-linolenic acid or ALA, is a type of essential fatty acid that acts like an anti-inflammatroy. In two tablespoons of milled flax seed there is approximately 3.6 grams of ALA.
ALA performs like an anti-inflammatory by blocking the formation of cytokines. In a study of 20 men and women with high blood cholesterol, people who ate a diet high in ALA had a significant decrease in the production of cytokines, compared with those eating an average American diet.
ALA also effects inflammatory markers by promoting the formation of eicosaoids through EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid). Eicosanoids control inflammatory reactions. These eicosanoids, though relatively mild inhibit inflammation in the body. ALA is also the precuror to EPA, which can be converted into powerful anti-inflammatory compounds called resolvins. One study examined this effect and found that diets rich in ALA significantly decreased the concentration of AA (arrachidonic acid, a type of omega-6 fatty acid) in neutrophles and in serum. Neutrophils are a type of immune cell that help control infections and inflammation. |
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Vallley flax flour is for everyone |
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Are your lunches dragging you down? Are you dinner meals boring you?Sick and tired of making the same meals over and over again?
Consider starting off the fall season by doing something great for your health and taste buds. Start eating flax flour!
Try our gluten free pumpkin loaf, gingerbread cupcakes, or oatmeal cookies in your lunch. They are sure to please all appetites!
Using flax flour when cooking and baking is easy, tasty and a healthy choice. Try adding a new dinner meal to your menu to offer more variety and boost your fibre intake. Check out our pizza dough, spaghetti sauce or hamburger recipes to get started.
Healthy eating includes foods that are high in fibre, contain healthy fats and taste great. Eating 2 Tbsp of flax flour every day provides 4 grams of fibre, 3.0 grams of omega-3 fat (healthy polyunsaturated fat), 0 grams of cholesterol, and 0 grams of sodium. Thought flax wasn't for you, think again! |
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New Flax Recipe: Flax flour pastry |
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Ingredients
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375 |
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white flour | |
125 |
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flax flour | |
5 |
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salt | |
7 |
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sugar | |
175 |
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butter | |
90-105 |
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ice water |
- Preheat oven to 425° F.
- Mix together white flour, flax flour, salt and sugar.
- Cut butter into dry ingredients until pea-sized, mealy dough is formed.
- Sprinkle with ice water, one tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork until all the flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans the side of the bowl.
- Gather pastry into a ball. Cut dough in half.
- Roll one half of the dough into a circle and place in a 9-inch pie pan.
- Fill pie crust with pie filling and bake as per recipe instructions. If you are not using the other half of the dough freeze it for later.
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Horse Sense: Omega 3's are good for horses |
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Flax is good for horses too!
Did you know that horses that eat flax also enjoy the health benefits of omega-3's? Flax helps to give your horse a natural shine and makes comb-out easier. Flax also appears to have a calming effect on some horses. The anti-inflammatory action of flax has been found to help reduce swelling.
To learn more about feeding flax flour to your horses visit our website www.valleyflaxflour.com |
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For customer sales and service contact your CMI representative:
Lisa Slauenwhite - Atlantic Canada, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Email
Lynn Diduck - Alberta and British Columbia Email
Dorothy Tweedie - Ontario and Quebec Email
Howard Selig, PDt., President Valley Flaxflour Ltd. Email |
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Volume 3, Issue 5,
October 2011
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Linda's story
about Valley
Flaxflour |
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Hi, my name is Linda Haven. I live in Middleton, NS and have been using Valley Flaxflour for years! I use it myself and for my Miniature Longhaired Dachshunds.
I eat flax everyday in a fruit smoothie. I give my dogs have about 1/2 - 3/4 tsp with each 2 oz portion of raw meat and ground veggie meal twice a day. (My dogs weight approximately 7 to 9.5 pounds each). Valley flax flour helps us get more fibre and Omega 3's in our diet, and it tastes good.
I try to eat healthily and I want my dogs to do the same!
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We have just posted three new resources on flaxnet.org. Click on the resources tab to view:
- NBCP trouble shooting
- Oats and gluten
- Phytates and flax
Not a member of flaxnet.org? Go to valleyflaxflour.com and click on Natural Bowel Care Program (NBCP) then scroll down to member sign up. A membership is free and gives you unlimited access to Valley Flaxflour resources, presentations, bulk recipes and more! |
My friend told me that flax becomes rancid if not eaten 15 or 20 minutes after grinding. This is NOT true!
Milled flax from Valley Flaxflour Ltd. is stable when stored at room temperature for several months. This is most likely because of the powerful lignans that protect the polyunsaturated fats in flax from oxidation. |
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Give flax a try!
Visit us online www.valleyflaxflour.com or contact us to get started!
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