Gradually realizing the unreasonable high cost and zero effect of modern means for losing weight in the form of tablets, capsules, ointments, instant drinks, people are searching for the truth in forgotten grandmother's recipes. True, the seeds of flax even to this category of antiquity can not be attributed, their favor was described by Hippocrates, exactly, like the method of preparation.
Now we will consider the folk recipes for flax seed preparation, and also try to understand why they are so useful.
Composition and benefits
As always, the benefits should be determined by the composition - in another way, it simply does not happen. So in the slimming recipes with flax seeds - look for benefits in the ingredients and method of preparation.
Firstly, flax is an environmentally friendly product that also attracts low cost. You can buy whole and crushed grains, linseed meal, flour and butter.
Secondly, flax is the best form of consumption of vegetable fat, including, omega-3 and 6 fatty acids, which recently began to appear as elixirs of beauty and health.
In addition, as part of:
- fiber (especially when buying whole flax seeds);
- lecithin;
- vitamins A, PP, E, group B;
- selenium;
- phytohormones (plant hormones).
How does flax work on the body?
Before proceeding to study the recipes from the flax seed, it is necessary to realize that weight loss does not occur due to the magic effects of flax, but for simple, physiologically explainable reasons.
Flax has a laxative effect - for this you get rid of a few kilograms of stuck in the intestines of stool. But since flax is a natural product, its action should not be compared even with tablets of natural origin (such as "Senade") - flax does not irritate and does not "wash away" the intestinal microflora, but, on the contrary, envelops the mucous membrane of the food tract. As a result, small ulcers, mucosal lesions are healed, and a reliable protective layer appears when consuming spicy, fatty foods and alcohol.
Flax is fiber. It swells, getting into the digestive tract, and fills you. Thus, you get rid of a feeling of hunger, and eventually learn to overeat. Add daily to salads, cereals, soup flax and gradually reduce portions - over time, even without flax you will be content with less food.
Recipes
Let's start with the most popular method of preparation - a decoction of decoction of flax seeds for weight loss. For broth you need to pour a tablespoon of seeds with a glass of boiling water and cook over low heat for 30 minutes. Gradually stir the seeds. Remove from heat, cool, take 100 ml before eating.
Another simple recipe for flax seeds is infusion. For this you need a thermos. A tablespoon of whole seeds should be thrown into a thermos, pour 2 cups of boiling water. Leave to insist on the night. A day should drink half a glass of infusion before each meal, and the course of linseed cleansing lasts 10 days.
However, there is nothing easier than to prepare a jelly from a flax seed according to the recipe of any berry jelly.
Above all else, flax will swell at any contact with the liquid in your stomach. That is, you can not prepare special decoctions to achieve the same enveloping effect by adding flax seeds to cereal, flakes, pastries, to garnish, salads, soups, to stewed vegetables, to cutlet minced meat, etc. The main thing is, after consuming flax in such a "pure" form, drink it with water. Otherwise, the effect will not be a laxative, but on the contrary, a fixative.