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Flaxseed

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  • 20-07-2015 9:22am
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    UpCork
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭


    I've been reading about the health benefits of flaxseed.

    Just wondering if any of you use them and how you find it.

    I'm worried about them tasting very bland - how much should I consume etc.


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    strelok
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    it's pretty bland. kind of a nutty flavour. if you put it in porridge or oat bran it soaks up so much liquid and makes the whole thing kind of a chore to eat

    i stopped bothering with it as I couldn't find a decent way to include it in my diet


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    UpCork
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    Thanks strelok...are the supplments just as good?


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    strelok
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭strelok


    i don't know, i did some reading about it a couple of years back and i think the general consensus was that they're not but i wouldn't even put a fiver on that being accurate

    if you really want to get some flaxseed in, what I did for a while was just throw 15-20g into a glass off water, mix it all up and down it in a couple of gulps. you do have to blend it up first as when it's not ground your body has an awful time digesting it, you get almost nothing from it. good news is you can grind loads at once and it will last for a couple of weeks in a sealed container in the fridge


    maybe I should suck it up and just start taking it again. it's cheap and i guess downing a couple of gulps of weird seedy water every day isn't too much effort.


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    groovyg
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭groovyg


    I usually have it with oats in the morning or throw a handful in when I'm making granola. I use it in salads, flapjacks seed bars.


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    UpCork
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭UpCork


    Thanks everyone.

    Does't sound like the most appetising of things, but I might give it a go


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    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    I have it every day after work with Greek yoghurt. Today I had Fage Greek yoghurt, honey, strawberries flaxseed and pine-nuts! Usually have my "dinner" at lunch time, so I'd have this at dinner time. Also nice in porridge!


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    sebcity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭sebcity


    I stick it in overnight oats with honey and berries - don't even notice it. Just 2 teaspoons.


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    IvoryTower
    Registered Users Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭IvoryTower


    if you put it into a smoothie you dont notice them at all


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    strelok
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭strelok


    right, got some flaxseed this morning on a whim. i blame you for everything upcork if they end up annoying me again


    //edit

    it's quite alright with a bit of the myprotein flavdrops. you live another day upcork


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    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,557 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    strelok wrote: »
    right, got some flaxseed this morning on a whim. i blame you for everything upcork if they end up annoying me again

    You won't regret it.

    Flaxseed is so hot right now.


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    caviardreams
    Registered Users Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »

    Flaxseed is so hot right now.

    I'm holding out for the new Flaxseed & Fage flavour Quest bar :D:D


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    starfish90
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭starfish90


    I got a bag of milled flaxseed mixed with almonds, walnuts and other things...wouldn't be eating it by the spoonful but it tastes grand in porridge :D


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    UpCork
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    strelok wrote: »
    right, got some flaxseed this morning on a whim. i blame you for everything upcork if they end up annoying me again


    //edit

    it's quite alright with a bit of the myprotein flavdrops. you live another day upcork

    Sorry. I haven't gotten around to buying mine yet


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    littlenubbin85
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭littlenubbin85


    I eat it with my weetabix in the morning. It's pretty bland.


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