Flax: The Super Food

Rating:
Summary: Not enough information about flax
Review:

This book has a brief introduction about the benefits of using
flax seeds and flax oil. The bulk of the book consists of vegan
recipes that use either flax seeds or flax oil as ingredients.

The introduction has a useful explanation (short, not worth buying
the book for) of why you can bake with flax seeds and not lose the
health benefits of the omega 3 oils found in the flax seeds.

The introduction is very short, does not do justice to the health
benefits of flax, and seems to have a huckersterish tone to it which
turned me off.

The recipes actually use very small amounts of flax seed and flaxoil.
They look like regular recipes recycled for the book by adding a dash
of flax to the ingredients list.

People interested in making very flax rich recipes would be better
served by reading the recipes on barleans.org.

People who are interested in reading a well documented account of the
health benefits of flax seeds would be better off reading
FLAX YOUR WAY TO HEALTH by Jane Reinhardt-Martin RD, LD.

Rating:
Summary: Not enough information about flax
Review:

This book has a brief introduction about the benefits of using
flax seeds and flax oil. The bulk of the book consists of vegan
recipes that use either flax seeds or flax oil as ingredients.

The introduction has a useful explanation (short, not worth buying
the book for) of why you can bake with flax seeds and not lose the
health benefits of the omega 3 oils found in the flax seeds.

The introduction is very short, does not do justice to the health
benefits of flax, and seems to have a huckersterish tone to it which
turned me off.

The recipes actually use very small amounts of flax seed and flaxoil.
They look like regular recipes recycled for the book by adding a dash
of flax to the ingredients list.

People interested in making very flax rich recipes would be better
served by reading the recipes on barleans.org.

People who are interested in reading a well documented account of the
health benefits of flax seeds would be better off reading
FLAX YOUR WAY TO HEALTH by Jane Reinhardt-Martin RD, LD.

Rating:
Summary: Everything you need to know about flax!
Review: This book is a quick and easy read since only about 16 pages, the introduction, are text. The rest of the book contains recipes for using ground flaxseed and flaxseed oil. That is not to say that it's not worth the money-it will tell you everything you need to know about this essential part of the vegetarian diet. Many of us have missed the boat on flax. We have heard about omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, but it's often unclear exactly why we need them, why they are so important. This book goes into detail on that subject without being boring or difficult to understand. And it gives you over 80 ways to incorporate flax in your diet, recipes for breakfast, breads, spreads and dips, salads and dressings, soups, entrees, side dishes, and desserts. Two of the authors, Barb Bloomfield and Judy Brown, are well-known vegetarian authors. Siegfried Gursche, has a long history as a researcher and developer of flax. He is also the publisher of alive magazine and alive books and the author of Healing with Herbal Juices.

Rating:
Summary: Everything you need to know about flax!
Review: This book is a quick and easy read since only about 16 pages, the introduction, are text. The rest of the book contains recipes for using ground flaxseed and flaxseed oil. That is not to say that it's not worth the money-it will tell you everything you need to know about this essential part of the vegetarian diet. Many of us have missed the boat on flax. We have heard about omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, but it's often unclear exactly why we need them, why they are so important. This book goes into detail on that subject without being boring or difficult to understand. And it gives you over 80 ways to incorporate flax in your diet, recipes for breakfast, breads, spreads and dips, salads and dressings, soups, entrees, side dishes, and desserts. Two of the authors, Barb Bloomfield and Judy Brown, are well-known vegetarian authors. Siegfried Gursche, has a long history as a researcher and developer of flax. He is also the publisher of alive magazine and alive books and the author of Healing with Herbal Juices.

Rating:
Summary: What I Just Found Out
Review: Where has this information been hiding for so long. Bloomfield has done a good job of explaining the vital importance this "super food" plays in our health. Whether it is in the form of the oil or the powder, or the lingen rich fiber. One additional thing I have learned from a site called PapaNature is the blending of flax oil and omega 3. PapaNature reinforces Bloomfield's explanations on the importance of flax in our health. It also offers a choice of products and versions of flax.

Rating:
Summary: What I Just Found Out
Review: Where has this information been hiding for so long. Bloomfield has done a good job of explaining the vital importance this "super food" plays in our health. Whether it is in the form of the oil or the powder, or the lingen rich fiber. One additional thing I have learned from a site called PapaNature is the blending of flax oil and omega 3. PapaNature reinforces Bloomfield's explanations on the importance of flax in our health. It also offers a choice of products and versions of flax.