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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"

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"Flaxseed Bread

142tsp
2 tbsp warm water
3 tbsp - honey

4/2tsp -salt- ~ 2ml
1-1/4. cups _ water

active dry yeast

45 ml
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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. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, Knead
for 10 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.

Coat a loaf pan with no-stick spray {or lightly grease with oil).
Shape the dough into a loaf and place in the pan. Cover; let rise
in a warm place until doubled in bulk about 1 hour. Bake at 350
F for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the loaf is browned on top and
sounds hollow when tapped. Cool.

Note: To make flaxseed meal, use a blender or cotfee mill
to grind the seeds to the consistency of cornmeal.

250ml...

to Healthy Rating. And you'll not

only get the cholesterol lowering
benefits of flax, but the natural
fibre content of all whole grains.

And that means you'll reduce
your tisk of cancer, maintain teg-
ularity, and naturally improve
your intestinal health,

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