Flax seed - contraindications

Every year, the public interest in healthy lifestyle and natural supplements increases. Flax seeds, which have long been used as food for Europeans, but have been forgotten for a while, have now acquired a second life. The use of this product is very high - it enriches the body with essential fatty acids, improves the functioning of the intestines and other internal organs. But it has a seed of flax and contraindications.

Contraindications to the treatment of flax seeds on a regular basis

As you know, any substance in small quantities can be a medicine, and in large quantities it turns into a poison. This rule is particularly relevant when using plant products. We do not think much about it, but even harmless carrot juice can cause death if you drink it daily in amounts up to half a liter. The same applies to a product such as flax, contraindications for its use on a regular basis are caused primarily by healing functions. Here's what it means:

1. Everyone knows the functions of flax, responsible for the motility of the intestine and strengthening the excretory function of the body. This helps to get rid of toxins and toxins, to improve metabolism. But the same effect can be dangerous for patients with large stones in the gallbladder and kidneys. Len stimulates their movement, but because of the large size, it is impossible to make a natural exit, there is blockage and even rupture of the urethra and bile ducts.
2. Flax refers to herbal hormones, it has many natural estrogens. This is very useful for women's health, however it can harm during pregnancy and increased levels of similar hormones as a result of the disease. For the same reason, it is not desirable in large quantities to apply flax seeds to men and women with a tendency to cancer.
3. Len weakens the absorption by our body of iodine, so it can provoke a deficiency of this microelement. In order that this does not happen, try to take funds based on flax seeds no earlier than an hour after eating. The next meal should be in 2-3 hours.

Treatment of flax seed has other contraindications, they are caused by the presence in the product of plant analogues of cyanide. This poison in small amounts is contained in our body, so it is allowed and its supply with food. But if you take more than 2 tbsp daily. spoons of flax seeds, over time cyanide in the body will accumulate too much, which will increase the risk of poisoning and can even lead to cardiac arrest, or paralysis of the respiratory muscles.

Features of using preparations from flax seeds

Flax from flax seeds and contraindications to its use are largely correlated with the use of flax seeds in pure form. The only nuance is that the flour is a fat-free product, there are fewer nutrients and active ingredients in it, so the dosage can be increased to an amount of 3 tablespoons a day per person. Here are the main contraindications:

• diarrhea;
• bloating;
• flatulence ;
• increased sensitivity of the intestine;
• individual intolerance.

Contraindications of jelly from flax seeds completely coincide with this list, since the agent is a plant seeds, or flour from them, filled with water. There are no other components in the composition.

Decoction of flax seed has similar contraindications, but due to the fact that the recipe provides for thermal treatment of the product, the risk of cyanide poisoning is reduced. This substance does not tolerate heat. Therefore, the broth can be drunk even in large quantities.

Flax oil is a special product. It is a kind of highly concentrated solution of all its useful substances with great biological activity. Contraindications of flax seed oil unite all listed factors and are supplemented by such diseases as:

• cholecystitis;
• pancreatitis ;
• hepatitis;
• cirrhosis;
• nephritis;
• hypertension;
• diabetes.

In addition, the oil can not be used during pregnancy, lactation and for the treatment of children. The daily allowance should not exceed 2 teaspoons of the product.