How to grind flax seeds (and why you should!)
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- How to grind flax seeds in 10secs in your kitchen and how to store your ground flax seeds for maximum nutrition. Flax seeds are a great source of the omega 3 ALA so here's how to grind flax seeds quickly and easily.
let’s look at how to grind flax seeds and how to store them to preserve those omega3s
add a few tablespoons in your blender, grind for a few seconds, until it’s a fine powder. how do we store it? No point grinding the seeds so we can get all the nutrients, if they just degrade right after.
Grinding increases the nutrition we can get from the seeds and ground flax seeds are stable at room temperature up to at least 4months. Some people grind their flax seeds fresh every day. We can grind a whole batch.
Or buy it pre-ground. Flax seeds are so rich in omega 3s that 1 tbspoon covers daily needs of ALA, the essential omega3 we need to get from our diet.
So that’s how we grind flax seeds and store them, here’s info on grinding chia seeds and more on omega 3s in general.
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grinding increases bioavailability of flax seeds:
academic.oup.com/jn/article/1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
ground flax seeds stable at room temp up to 4mos:
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www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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I was so annoyed to ground them everyday just before using and now I learn I could ground bunches ahead of time. Thank you for this video!
no lo hagas asi porque se oxida los nutrientes, mejor moler cada dia justo antes comerlas.Sino es tirar el dinero a la basura.
I buy raw and whole, grind, and eat it by itself. Love it 😀
Thank you for this. 🌱💝🙏
Thanks for your information 👌
I usually blend them together with sesame in a rough 50:50 mix. Sesame is super great for Calcium, Iron and Magnesium.
Two spoons of that mix on your breakfast cereals and you got a great boost into the day.
sounds bomb! :)
Since calcium plays a big role in calcification of the arteries ( 80 percent in my case) I wonder if dietary calcium should be moderated
@@SuperKailis With good cofactors (like vitamin K, Mg etc.), calcium ends up where it should.
Keep the meats low (meats raise stomach acid which raises calcium absorption somewhat, but there is other factors).
@@0626love It appears that vitamin K2, in the form MK-7, helps modulate calcium, ending up in bones more efficiently instead of arteries.
Hey doc I see you slowly making your way into the food creation space!😂😂
I sure wish that someone would answer the multiple questions asking if the flax seeds could/should be roasted without losing nutrients and the questions about the poison in the seeds.
Dear Gil
thank you for all the good videos
regarding flax seeds and that the benefit is bigger when ground, I am surprised that nobody mentions the most obvious and easy way to grind flax seed for more health benefit, that is, grinding it with your teeth...
to get my daily dose of ground flax seed I simply put a tablespoon or teaspoon into my mouth and chew on it a while and swallow it down
and it does taste fairly good to me, so I don't need lengty grindings with some machines and storing with a certain risk of spoil and so on
just chew and swallow it man 🙂
I think it has the same effect as with grinding
Do some of the whole flaxseeds get stuck between your teeth as you chew them?
@@davebarry4647 of course there remains some of the seeds in the mouth in different places, but it is not a problem to pick them up, chew and swallow them down- try it yourself
It's to assure they're ground up properly because most people don't chew that well or consistently.
I checked the carb and calorie count and you talked me into flaxseed daily (starting tomorrow) and occassionally tumeric & once in a great while blackberries. I get my blood work done twice a year (April and October) curious to see the changes with these new modifications to Keto/IF.
thank you for the effort and sharing. i am an appreciative subscriber. do you then toast the ground flax seed or eat as is? thanks in advance.
Hello and Thanks for the interesting content: I'd like to know if flax seeds benefit from toasting them before grinding for use. I'm asking because that's how I've learned to do with sesame seeds for beverages. Thanks a lot in advance for any advice.
I liked the video before watching it
What do you think about the phytic acid present in Flaxseeds? Should we soak the seeds before we eat them?
Thanks for sharing video....
Can use Nutri Blender to blend cup at a time, then store in refrigerator inside sealed Tupperware or glass container?
I add Chia seeds to the grind. Put a tbsp in my overnight oats and on my salad everyday. I may try adding psyllium husk.
Hi, Can you let me know what machine you are using to grind the
flax?
Great video! Important sidenote on preground flax flour: check the fat content before you buy it! Most are defatted so most of the omega 3 goodness has been removed!
Did u honestly jibe at the natural fats in nuts?
@@caracopland710 How is your reading comprehension?
Thanks Doc..!!
Great to see published literature on the stability of ground flax! 🙌🏼
I’m going to apologise in advance because perhaps you’ve already done a video..
...but have you got any information / references to any literature on the conversion of ALA to EPA/DHA. Thanks for being an awesome (and super funny😊) source of balanced, evidence-based nutrition advice! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
He covered that in the miley cyrus video, which was displayed at the end
@@aidanc3461 Thanks Dude! 🙌
What about roasting flaxseeds? Do they lose much nutrients in the process? (They definitely gain great taste). I found some studies in which Flaxseeds don't lose much in the process, but I'm not good enough at reading studies (not just a summary) to understand the outcome.
Where did this idea come from the omega-3 in flax seeds starts to degrade right away? I've always ground them right before using them, and then in my mind had this idea that I needed to eat the food it was in right away.
Being able to grind flax seeds and store it will make the much easier to include in foods.
Do I use these instead of a codliver oil capsuel ?
Hello. Do we fry them on low fire before grinding them?
I just bought these and did some research on these. the source said Don't consume raw or unripe flax seeds. Not only will they cause indigestion, they may also contain toxic compounds. I bought them in bulk from the bin. How do I know if they are raw or do I have to cook them. Thank you
Adorei!
Do we need to roast the flaxseeds to remove physic acids?
You stated only 1 TBSP of flax seeds gives the amount of ALA needed/day to get the essential omega-3 we need to get from our diet. Do these recommendations consider the low conversion rate (which appears to be about 1-10%, depending on the source of the research) of ALA> EPA/DHA?
Is it ok if I Grind it was to much bc someone told me to not do it bc it may consider poison?
Do you think thoroughly chewing the flaxseeds would have a similar result to grinding them? In the cited studies it seems they were putting them into other foods like muffins or applesauce and I imagine that would result in them getting swallowed mostly whole. I like to eat them plain, just as a snack, and I chew them until they're complete mush in my mouth, which I imagine wouldn't be much different from grinding them?
Absolutely better than machine grinding. There's no exposure to oxygen when ground by your teeth and no oils are lost to cutting blades. If it's chewed until a paste it's also has a major digestive juice (saliva) mixed into it in preparation for stomach juices to take over. This is how our digestive system has evolved to get the most benefit from food.
It’s harder to chew them all then you think though, Iv been trying and even with my best efforts some still makes it’s way right through you.
My idea would be possibly to just crush them with a motor and pestle, keeping them whole as best you can, just crack them so they break apart during digesting.
what about krill oil being better absorbed?
I don't know why but my food processor cannot grind them D: they just remain unscathed :(
Same here😅thats why I’m here 😁
Yeah me too! Idk what to do I don’t have anything else
Cheap electric coffee grinders work so much better. I don't know if its just faster blade impact or food processors have more room for them to escape, but coffee grinders the way to go. It works for spice and dry herb grinding too if that helps it not be a one trick pony. They're kinda awful for coffee grinding tho.
Spice grinder
Do we need to roast them before grinding
Are cyanide levels in flax seeds a matter of concern?
Sir its ok to eat flaxseed powder with water
How about store-bought ground seeds -- I saw a packet of Chia & Flax Ground Seeds but am wary of shelf-life, production process etc.
Good news !
Can you do a video on goji berries
Please, what is the name of your blender and where I can buy it. I am using Ninja, it never blend my flax seed
Is omega-3 vulnerable to oxidation? If so what is the logic of 4 months storage?
Do we have to roast it before blending
I should of just bought grounded flax seed but I bought seeds and now I have to go back outside and get ground cause I don’t have a grinder
Hello Doc...., Have thought of a video on canned food, as in canned legumes (Beans and Co...... Ect)? Do we have to stay away from them completely? How about (cook frozen meat or meals). They save the day when there is no time to cook.
I'll touch on canned at some point. only concerns are salt (Depending on your susceptibility) and metal contaminants. there are some commercially available options that minimize both of those
How to eat ground flax seed? Eat raw or roasted?
What do you think about the poor conversion of ALA to EPA and DHA in humans? Does it worth to eat linseed and chia seeds to get omega 3?
Hi! May I ask you what you are talking about?
Even at low conversion, the ALA in flaxseed is so high that just 2 tablespoons a day converts to the recommended amount of EPA and DHA
@@outta-sync6474@ outta-sync6474 I looked at a couple studies, and the conversion rate can be as low as 1-2% to possibly as high as 10%, which is why I asked if that would be enough. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224740/#:~:text=Some%20estimate%20that%20only%205,EPA%20or%20DHA%20%5B6%5D.
How to get rid of the cyanide precursors in flaxseeds? They have a grotesque amount.
Is it better to use a coffee grinder (I don’t have one) or can you achieve the same results in a food processor? Thank you!
should be the same
@@NutritionMadeSimple Thank you!
How much is to much though? they do contain glycoside
Any good litterature on ground flaxseeds, HCN and cadmium?
Since we are on the subject of flaxseeds, and you mentioned cadmium I thought I'd report two varieties of flaxseeds (golden and ground) from Bob's Red Mills failed third-party testing for too high levels of cadmium.
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Do flax seeds promote estrogen activity or increase estrogen in the body?
Did you roast the seeds before grinding? Because flaxseed have antinutrients like phytic.
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I use flax and chia seeds every day and just put a tbs of each into a coffee grinder and then add it to my muesli..
that should work :)
@@NutritionMadeSimple I think he should put a cape and go to work
@@NutritionMadeSimple should/could you roast the flax and/or chia seeds? thumbs up.
Does cooking the ground flax with my oatmeal break down the omega 3. I'd like to make a dry mix of oatmeal, flax meal, chia meal seeds, fenugreek ground seeds, and spices to make an great breakfast. Or do I need to not let it get cooked to get the full nutrition from the flax?
Dont the seeds need roasting due to toxins?
I used my veggie mini-chopper and it didn’t work. So I added it to my blender and used the grind button, I saw quickly how fast it worked. Once done, I added it to my cereal.
1 min vids nice
One tablespoon of ground flax seeds is equal to EXACTLY how many grams?
7 www.google.com/search?q=tablespoon+flax&oq=tablespoon+flax&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59.6825j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
@@NutritionMadeSimple Thank you! I also found it, but these amercian measurements are so confusing and imprecise, and I wanted to be sure.
I don’t understand. I have red mill flaxseed and I am trying to grind it with device similar as your, but it isn’t grinding
If you have a coffee grinder, try to see if it grinds more effectively.
That same Dr Eric Berg said not to consume flax because it acts in the body just like estrogen. What do you think?
what evidence did he show?
Thanks for that - I knew there was was something I’d forgotten to do since the last time you mentioned flax!
I went back to the chia video but I don’t think you said how long they can be stored after being ground (google search didn’t work).
Someone should compile a list for how to treat all the popular seeds... 😉
sounds like a mission for NMS :)
@@NutritionMadeSimple haha - it’ll self destruct in 10,9,8...
Like flaxseeds
Is it important raw or cooked for omega 3? I have been trying hemps seed butter recently which contains a nice amount of omega 3 and rich in minerals and protein, thats good surprisingly but it is a cooked one.
haven't seen data for hemp specifically but flax seems to resist cooking pretty well, I'd imagine hemp works similarly...
@@NutritionMadeSimple Do you know if your flax seeds are raw or cooked/roasted? Sometimes it isnt mentionned...
@@NutritionMadeSimple I was under the impression that heat removes omega 3
@@aidanc3461 there's some data for flax seed oil specifically where frying it at high temp does lead to some degradation, but flax seeds themselves seem to be much more resistant. even baking resulted in minimal changes (ALA in ground seeds went from 55% to 51% after 90mins at 178C). Whole seeds are even more resistant
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963996915301253
but is is safe to eat flaxseed raw? don't have to concern about the cyanide
So confusing, so much much conflicting info.
Some say flax seed ground has a very short shelf life and oxidises quickly, therefore try to grind daily for optimal results.
Some say roast, then grind, but does that affect the nutritional value then?
Doesn't buying pre-ground flax seed mean its already degraded?
I don't see a corporation employee being that conscientious about particulars.
If you buy it pre-ground, then it has already been sitting on a shelf for months...
How do we eat it?
With your mouth
I form mine into balls with other nuts, seeds, and dried fruits, and eat them for breakfast and snacks.
My processor is just tossing the seeds around. ☹️
Still storing in the fridge. Just doesn't feel right in a cupboard, whatever the boffins might say ;)
that's fine! :)
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Would you grind chia seeds too?
Hey it's Das from Twitter!
hi! we actually made one on that as well! th-cam.com/video/GFm6f8U7DAM/w-d-xo.html
@@NutritionMadeSimple Thanks.
My food processor is not doing the job and I have it going as I’m typing this
I thought we weren't supposed to eat seeds of any sorts? Something to do with a type of toxicity the plant creates to protect their seeds, since, afterall, that is how the plant regenerates itself.
Do I have this wrong or what have I misinterpreted? Or is it case of conflicting opinions on different You Tube channels, equally total confusion on what to eat and what not to eat?
Side note - flax seeds have 3.7 times more phytoestrogen content than soya beans. High PE can lead to hormonal changes and would not recommend it
Iv been making balls I call food pills out of nuts, seeds, and dried fruits, throw it all in a food processor with honey and then form them Into balls, a fast, easy, and super nutritious breakfast, 2 balls daily is over 600 calories too so less cooking.
Just eat a sardine and be done with it.
How much flaxseeds is too much and does it lower testosterone?
The amount is personal; too much and your trips to The bathroom will be gross; too little and you won't benifit as much. I use a at least 2.5 ml. 1/2 tsp. Per meal.
Most articles emphasise the need to store it in the fridge. Lot of misinformation floating on the web.
Just chew them raw until they just melt in your mouth, then swallow. Good for your teeth too.