In our time, everyone has already forgotten about linen cereal, well, and some do not even know about it. Nevertheless, supporters of healthy nutrition have long returned to the old sources and began to use linseed porridge. Very often this type of cereal is prescribed by dieticians to their patients. In Western Europe, linseed porridge is used along with oatmeal and buckwheat. For 10 years, she managed to jump oatmeal on sales.
Some people can not understand what is useful for linseed porridge. To understand this, it is necessary to determine what it is made of, and what minerals and useful components it contains. This is how porridge is created from flaxseed, which has useful trace elements. These include fatty omega acids like omega-3 , omega-6 and omega-9. These components are found in marine fish. In addition, the acids in the seeds of flax are much larger than in the fish. The composition of linseed porridge also includes a variety of minerals and vitamins. They in the complex will help to properly function endocrine and cardiovascular systems.
Useful properties of porridge from flax
If you think that linseed porridge has not only good but also harm, it is not so. So far, no negative sides have been found in the porridge, and therefore one can only tell about useful properties, like:
- supply with the necessary elements of the cardiovascular, immune and endocrine systems;
- linseed porridge helps to adjust the digestive process, which allows you to improve peristalsis. It has slightly laxative properties. It can be consumed during gastric and intestinal diseases;
- during the preparation of porridge, mucus and glycoside linomarin are formed, which envelop the stomach and relieve inflammation;
- constant use of porridge will remove sugar from the blood;
- lignan, which is contained in the porridge, during the digestion in the body, it releases phytoestrogens, which help restore the hormonal balance;
- linen cereal for weight loss is the best option.
Linseed porridge is known for a long time with its useful properties. Today they are also used to normalize the work of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as to adjust the work of the cardiovascular system.