Group: Health Supplements

Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 102, Messages: 16613

Supplements can be a great aid with your health and fitness goals. Combined with the proper exercise and nutritional plan they can be quite effective.

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flaxseed oil

hmtran
hmtran
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Joined: 2003/02/12
United States
2003/02/13, 12:30 AM
I am also taking flaxseed oil (in the form of pills). I heard it's good for you since we all need our essential fatty acids. What it's main benefits?
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2003/02/13, 01:23 AM
high cholesterol levels
stroke and heart attack
angina (heart pain)
high blood pressure
arthritis
multiple sclerosis
psoriasis and eczema
cancer
The high content of Omega-3 fatty acids inherent in flaxseed oil is but one of its positive attributes. The essential fatty acids combined here have proven to impart a regulatory function on the body's fatty acid metabolism. Fat metabolism is as important, if not more critical, than our body's metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates as evidenced by the drastic rise in fat related degenerative diseases, such as vascular disease and strokes. Dietary essential fatty acids common to flaxseed oil are ultimately converted to hormone-like substances known as prostaglandins, and are important for the regulation of a host of bodily functions including:
inflammation, pain, and swelling
pressure in the eye, joints or blood vessels
secretions from mucus membranes and their viscosity
smooth muscle and autonomic reflexes, gastrointestinal, arterial, ear, heart
water retention
blood clotting ability
allergic response and rheumatoid arthritis
nerve transmission
steroid production and hormone synthesis



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mrmagical
mrmagical
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Joined: 2002/12/12
United States
2003/02/15, 06:24 PM
So flax oil is good for every one from slim to over weight right? I just bought some pills and was wondering.
bb1fit
bb1fit
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Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2003/02/15, 06:56 PM
Yes, I personally opt for the liquid. The liquid to me is easier to use, 1 tbsp. and thats it. The capsules are not as cost efficient either. You take 10 capsules to equal one tbsp. of liquid. They are fine otherwise.

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