Linseed oil. Contraindications and use

Flaxseed oil is simply a storehouse of vitamins and useful fatty acids. Very often you can find information about its healing properties. Flaxseed oil is obtained as a result of cold pressing of flax seeds. Tremendously useful in many areas of life, most often used for cosmetic and medical purposes.

We can say that the most valuable of all available to us vegetable oils is flaxseed oil. Properties to replenish vitamin deficiency, improve the work of the gastrointestinal tract, improve the work of the nervous system make this product an indispensable assistant in the struggle for health. After all, it reduces the risk of developing ischemic disease by 48%, stroke by 37%, helps in the fight against diabetes, obesity and atherosclerosis.

Active components. Acids are fatty unsaturated. The content in the product is 90%:

• Linoleic acid about 20% (Omega-6);
• Linolenic acid is about 60% (Omega-3);
• Oleic acid is about 10% (Omega-9).

Acids saturated with 10%: vitamins A, E 50 mg / 100 g, F (46%), B, K.

100g of the product have an energy value of about 900 kcal.

Very many people liked linseed oil. Contraindications have all medicinal substances. So, linseed oil, because of the content of omega-6, omega-3 acids has the property of rapid oxidation. The catalyst for this process can be oxygen, which is contained in the air, as well as high temperature. Eating a product with oxidized acids can cause serious health problems.

Let's look in more detail in the matter of storage:

• Do not store oil in containers where air easily penetrates.
• You can not heat, let alone heat it.
• It is inadmissible to hit direct sunlight.
• Do not take inside and use, even for cosmetic purposes, oil manufactured more than one year ago.

Optimum storage conditions: in tightly closed and necessarily dark containers, preferably made of glass. After opening, keep the container in the refrigerator on the door. Keep away from light and heat. The optimum temperature is the range from -5 to +10 degrees.

Linseed oil. Contraindications and precautions

With individual intolerance, with breastfeeding or pregnancy from frequent use of oil, it is worthwhile to refrain, in spite of its medicinal properties. Do not take in large doses. This has a negative effect on liver function. Rarely with use you can feel discomfort or burning. In this case, drink as much mineral water as possible. A good effect on the central nervous system is oil flax. Contraindications, too, is a simultaneous reception with antidepressants.

On the treatment of this product

It is used in the prevention of many diseases, reduces allergic reactions, improves the structure of the hair, skin condition, accelerates the regeneration of tissues at the cellular level, increases potency and libido, is useful for children.

Correctly introduce into your diet flaxseed oil. Contraindications are outlined above. To avoid nausea, do not consume more than 2 tablespoons of oil a day. Take it should be before eating (10-15 minutes). Since it has a very specific flavor, a few manage to drink it in its pure form. Nutritionists recommend mixing with cottage cheese and filling the dish with herbs. You can put oil in a variety of cereals, salads, both fruit and vegetable. On the note to the beautiful floor: if you mix it with honey (about 1 part butter on 3 parts honey), you will get a wonderful painkiller during PMS. In order not to smell at all, you can add it to sauces, mayonnaise, ketchup.

The pledge of health is flaxseed oil, there are very few contraindications to its use, this makes the product almost universal. In its value, it holds the main place among all available edible oils.