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Flax Fiber- Keepin' Things Moving

~~ Flax Fiber ~~
We hear that we need enough fiber in our diets, but WHY?

-The Short Answer: Fiber is essential for moving out waste + everything the body doesn’t want, including cholesterol + toxins.

Many Benefits of Flax Fiber include:

  • Reduces the risk of heart disease by lowering blood pressure and bad cholesterol
  • Protects against colon, breast + prostate cancer
  • Helps to control + maintain blood sugar levels
  • Helps you feel full limiting binge eating and helps to achieve healthy weight
  • Click to See more Benefits -soluble + insoluble

Golden Flax seed is a high fiber food + arguably one of the best for the healing + cleansing benefits of the digestive system!

There are ~8 grams of fiber –soluble + insoluble in 2 Tbls of Golden Flax Seed!

What is Fiber?

Fiber is found in our diets through whole grains-including Golden Flax seed, fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans + peas (legumes). Dietary fiber is part of the plant that doesn’t break down during digestion; fiber is the moving force to keep the digested food, water, + waste moving through the intestines.

Flax Fiber is composed of Soluble + Insoluble Fiber, which work together in different ways to move waste through the colon while cleansing + protecting the digestive system.

The SOLUBLE + INSOLUBLE fiber in Golden Flax seed helps pull toxins + cholesterol, while healing the gut.

Benefits of Soluble Fiber:

  • Reduce heart disease risk
  • Regulate blood sugars through the fiber and Omega-3 essential fatty acids
  • Promote growth of friendly flora
  • Soothe irritable bowel
  • Lower total cholesterol + the BAD cholesterol- LDL, + has been shown to help reduce risk of heart disease
  • Help people with Diabetes control their blood sugars better

~One kind of Soluble Fiber is MUCILAGE, which is what makes flax become gelatinous if left sitting in liquid, and is essential for helping to cleanse and heal the colon with its medicinal emollient and demulcent properties.

~Help make bowel elimination easier by reducing irritation on the gut + bulking up stools with gelatinous mucilage.


Benefits of Insoluble Fiber:

  • Prevent + Relieve Constipation + diarrhea
  • Cleanse, Soothe + Heal the colon
  • Promotes regular bowel movements
  • Keeps toxins, cholesterol + waste moving out of the colon
  • Help to balance the acidity of the intestines
  • Help to prevent colon cancer by maintaining
  • Help promote optimal pH in colon which can prevent colon cancer
~ The insoluble fiber in flax exercises the bowel muscles as it helps broom out debris from the colon and provides bulk for the formation of feces.

~ Also, this special dietary fiber in flax gently cleans excess mucus and other debris from the small intestine, improving absorption.

Overall Fiber Benefits:

  • Prevent hemorrhoids + diverticulosis
  • Prevent colon + breast cancer
  • Prevent chronic disease like Heart Disease + Diabetes
  • Help you live a Healthier life!



~~Click Here for More About How Fiber Works~~


How Much Fiber?

Healthy adults should eat 25-35 grams of Fiber every day.

The American Dietetic Association estimates that Most people in the US only eat ~11 grams of fiber a day. No wonder there is an increase in preventable disease! We NEED our fiber!

~~Click here for Tips on Adding more Flax Fiber to Your Diet~~



~~Click here for More about Mucilage –a type of Soluble Fiber + its Importance for healing + protecting the gut~~



~~Click here for More About Flax Fiber
in Our Diet
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What is the difference of dietary fiber + fiber?

  • Fiber refers to all fiber, while dietary fiber refers to fiber we eat.
  • When we talk about fiber, we are meaning fiber we eat, so for our discussions, fiber and dietary fiber are essentially interchangeable.


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