Flax: the new cholesterol fighter_f VERYBODY’s CONCERNED about their cholesterol these days, and most everyone wants to try new foods. But how about an OLD food? One that’s thousands of years old, a food that the ancient Eygptians used to eat? It’s Flax, a grain that has been used for centuries, not only for food, but to weave into fine linen. There's a lot of interest in flax these days, because some recent studies have shown that it can help reduce the levels of cholesterol in peaples’ blood, Not only that, but it seems to be par- ticularly good at lowering the "bad" LDL cholesterol. As I've said, flaxseed has been around. for a long time. You might recognize it as the little black’ seeds in Sunnyboy or Red ~ River cereals. _ The unmilled seeds are totally Indigestible. And because the seeds contain a toxin that is neutralized by heating, they’re usually ground and mixed into flour for baking bread: And the best part? Flax bread_tastes really good, It has a pleasant nutty flavour. _ Researchers fed. a group of people six slices of regular bread for a month. Then they fed them the same dict, but with six slices of flaxseed bread, instead of the regular. What they found out was that the peoples’ overall cholesterol levels fell about 10 per cent, while their “bad" “OX ‘\_KSAN HOUSE SOCIETY NOTICE OF SEMI-ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING November 10, 1993 at 7 pm Terrace Publie Library Meeting Room Ksan House Sociaty members and members of the public are invited to attend "Flaxseed Bread 142tsp 2 tbsp warm water 3 tbsp - honey 4/2tsp -salt- ~ 2ml 1-1/4. cups _ water active dry yeast 45 ml _ ¥ tbsp canola or olive cil 0 ?mb 30 mi os 15 mi 300 ml: "NUTRITION NOTES GERRY KASTEN cholesterol fell about 18 per cent. And their "good" cholesterol (ADL) didn’t change at all. So you can see why medical re- searchers are so interested in flax. Bul what about us regular folk? . Will this be another flash in the pan like Oat Bran? The thing’ to remember is that in the study I’ve talked about, the people were eating a low fat diet, whether they ate regular bread, or flax bread. To get the same kind of results, you'd have to do the same thing. Pretty familiar advice, isn’t it? Eating a low fat dict and using flax bread as.one of your whole grain choices is a good way of following the Canada Food Guide : -|cup. flaxseed meal (see nate) 11/4 cups — whole wheat flour 300 ml - as ‘cups “all purpose or bread flour" Ina large bowl, dissolve the yeast in the 2 tbsp warm 1 water with 1 tbsp of the honey. Set aside until bubbly (about 5 minutes). Mix together the rest of the honey, the ail, the salt and the 1.1/4 cups water. Add the flaxseed meal, whole wheat flour, and 1 cup of the all purpose flour. Mix well. , Stir in enough of the all purpose flour to make a soft kneadable dough. 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