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Originally Posted by penpal

It is very important to use freshly ground flax in order to get the maximum benefit. Flax has a very limited shelf life once it has been ground and soon becomes oxidized, or rancid. Whole flax seeds have a shelf life of about 10,000 years! They have an extremely thick husk, which is why you must grind them before eating. It's pretty useless to eat whole flax seeds as they will just pass mostly undigested through your system.

This was the point I was wanted to reinforce! I only buy whole seeds and grind them as I need them.

If you do nothing else to change your diet or exercise routine, simply adding flax seeds to your meals will lower your risk for cardiovascular disease.

I get this Nature's Path FlaxPlus cereal. I don't know if it truly contains the flax seed nutrition, but it's very high in fiber, and very low in WW points, and I think it tastes really, really good.