Flaxseed Market shows Steady Growth to 2022
A new report published by Market Research Reports Search Engine, anticipates a growth in the North America flaxseed market from US$ 250.5 Mn in 2015 to US$ 308.4 Mn by 2021, expanding at a CAGR of 2.9% in terms of revenue during the forecast period (2016–2022). Increasing health awareness, increasing demand for clean label, and Read More
Meta-analysis supports α-Linolenic acid Intake and Reduced Coronary Heart Disease
Flaxseed provides a unique mix of fatty acids. It is low in saturates (less than 9% of total fatty acids) and contains the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3n-3) and omega-6 linoleic acid (LA; 18:2n-6). Essential fatty acids are required in the diet as they cannot be made by humans. Most notably, Read More
Omega 3 Alpha-linolenic acid is key to heart health
With 2017 rapidly approaching, many people are including in their New Year resolutions a commitment to eating healthier. As the hundreds of studies profiled in flaxresearch.com suggest, flaxseed is an obvious addition to a healthy diet. And as information on the role that omega-3 fatty acid consumption plays in reducing the risk of a heart Read More
Conversion of Alpha Linolenic Acid to Longer-Chain Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are required in the diet as they can not be synthesized by humans from the shorter chain fatty acid, oleic acid (C18:1). The omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid (C18:2n-6, LA) found in many vegetable oils such as soy and corn oils, and the omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic (C18:3n-3, ALA) are EFAs. Read More
Flaxseed can help to control Holiday over-eating
The holidays are a time to enjoy friends, family and food. And, contrary to popular belief, you can have all three without putting on the extra pounds! The average person consumes approximately 4,500 calories and 229 grams fat from eating a traditional Christmas dinner. And that doesn’t include breakfast, lunch, or late-night snacking on leftovers. Read More
Flaxseed Lignans and Cancer Reduction
An estimated two out of five Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime and one out of four people are predicted to die from the disease (1). Lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers account for half of all cancers diagnosed in Canada. In the United States, over 1.7 million new cancer cases were Read More
Reductions in Health Care Costs – The Potential of Flaxseed
As health care costs surge globally due to an ever increasing burden of disease, the role that healthy foods such as flaxseed can play in disease reduction and even therapeutically is of great interest. Although research is sparse and somewhat dated, there is evidence to suggest that healthy components such as flaxseed can provide reductions Read More
Flaxseed and Bone Health
The study of flax and bone metabolism is a hot new area of emerging research. Phytoestrogens such as lignans may help prevent osteoporosis (1), a disease in which bone mass is low and the risk of bone fractures is high. Flax lignans may have a positive effect on bone in postmenopausal women by enhancing antioxidant Read More
The Importance of Alpha-Linolenic Acid in our Diet
Perceptions concerning the benefits and function of fats and fatty acids in human nutrition have gone through a series of rather dramatic changes over the past several years. Not too long ago, fats of all types were reviled by the consuming public as witnessed by the numerous low-fat and no-fat diets that were once in Read More
WHO Calls for Global Action on Diabetes: More support for Flax in the diet
The World Health Organization (WHO) marked its annual World Health Day (7 April) with its first “Global report on diabetes”, where WHO highlights the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. WHO has selected diabetes as the theme for World Health Day 2016, to raise awareness of the ways in which diabetes Read More