Anyone use milled flaxseed?

[luv'nAustin]

The kind that I buy is ground. It is grown in North Dakota and they send it to me in the mail. If you are interested I could give you the phone number. You do need to store it in the fridge after the seal is broken but it will stay fresh for months.

My only tip is that you start with a small quantity and slowly increase your daily intake so that your stomach is not upset. I think that I use at least a tablespoon on my cereal each morning.

[cosc]

My coffee grinder works double duty with flax seed. I wipe the grinder with paper towel after using flax. Remember to unplug grinder before wiping though.
I put flax in pancakes and homemade bread or cornbread. In baking with flax I find I need less salt in my recipes.

[bacarver]

Thanks for the ideas, TE.

I gave up my beloved eggs about 3 years ago. I eat the substitute, but it really isn't the same.

I don't want to take the "pipe cleaner" drugs because I am very sensitive to med side effects. If something can go wrong, it will with me.

I don't eat between meals, don't drink coffee, haven't had a donut in forever, am allergic to walnuts, and eat limited cheese. I LOVE 8th Continent Soy milk.

The care and upkeep of my body is hard work and not really fair. But, I am active and athletic.

I am going to Kroger tomorrow to see if they have milled flaxseed. I think I saw it on the hot cereal shelf.

I hope it works!

Barb

[Frenchroadie]

I have low cholesterol but it even got lower when I started eating the "Zone Diet" way by Dr. Barry Sears. I really don't see it as a diet but rather a way of eating. Pounds started dropping off also easily for a change and have kept off one year later. Something to look into...... and yes, I occasionally eat flaxseed that I grind as needed in a coffee grinder, I put it in my milk shakes.

[Crankin]

Well, don't be totally anti medication.My husband has terrible genetics but is a superfit person, eats pretty well, too. By the time I forced him to get a physical his cholesterol was sky high and he had high BP, too. A year later he had 2 80% blocked arteries. He had started on the medication a year before that. After he had the arteries taken care of, his doctor switched him to 2 different cholesterol lowering meds.
I am all for alternative health methods, and have had some weird drug reactions, but ladies, do fool around with this, especially if you are nearing menopause. Flax seed would not have helped my husband.
I have eaten well for years and I still have a fairly high total cholesterol level (218). But my HDL and triglycerides are really good, so they say I don't need any meds. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get the total lower.
And by the way, it's generally accepted now that eggs don't make your levels go up that much, it's fatty foods (saturated) that do.

[Jolt]

And don't forget that trans fats are the worst of all as far as having bad effects on cholesterol levels and clogging arteries! I would advise staying completely away from them whenever possible.

BTW, Crankin--I wouldn't get too hung up on the "high" total number if your HDL and triglycerides are good. As far as I understand, it's more the ratio than the total that is important. At my last physical, for example, my total was 207, HDL 82, LDL 107 and triglycerides 89. The doctor wrote on the lab results that this was "very good" even though the total was technically a little high. Seems I take after my mother in the cholesterol department--her total is always a little high but the HDL is really good so it's fine.

[Crankin]

Thanks, Jolt. I know that my ratios are really good and I have been told the numbers are a direct result of 25+ years of exercise. My HDL recently got a little lower, went from 81 to 75, but since I had a dr. once tell me that he had never seen an HDL that high in his entire career, I will settle for the 75.

Robyn