Almost as soon as a nutrient is found to have potential in fighting disease, a synthetic supplement is soon created, touting the same disease-fighting benefits. The story is no different for flax. There are currently two forms of flax sold in pill-form, one containing ground flax the other flax oil. The oil-based have the same downsides as flax oil - lacking dietary fibre, lignans and protein and having a short shelf life. The ground flax types have the same benefits as ground flax, except you need to consume several capsules (sometimes 8 or more) each day to get the same benefit that a few teaspoons of ground flax would have.
To obtain a beneficial amount of ground flax or flax oil through pills, you have to take several each day. For example, one brand of ground flax pills recommends a daily dosage of 8 pills! And for all those pills, you’re only getting the equivalent of just one-half a teaspoon of ground flaxseed. To get the benefits of a single tablespoon of flaxseed, you’d have to take 53 pills a day! Similarly, to get the benefit of a single tablespoon of flax oil, you’d have to eat 14 flax-oil pills daily!
Flax Seed Oil Pill supplements present only a select set of the many substances found in the actual Flaxseed. Since Flax research is still in its infancy, however scientists have not yet identified all the potentially health-promoting substances contained in flax. You may therefore be missing some important, but as yet unrecognized, nutritional benefit if you restrict your flax intake to pills.
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