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Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

This Week’s Power Food: Flax Seeds

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

They have an amazing effect on our blood pressure, prostate, and even menstrual cycles.
This episode features audio from Flax Seeds for Hypertension and Just the Flax, Ma’am. Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor's notes related to this podcast.

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0:00.0

Doesn't it seem like when it comes to nutrition or more opinions than facts to go around?

0:07.8

Every day we hear new theories about diets, supplements, best foods, my role is to take

0:14.5

them mystery out of good nutrition and look at the science.

0:19.3

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

0:21.6

I'm your host and Dr. Michael Greger.

0:24.0

And I'm here to bring you an evidence-based approach to the best way to live a healthier

0:29.7

and longer life.

0:31.2

Today we continue with our series highlighting one special food that contains demonstrable

0:36.4

health benefits and the star of today's episode, The Incomparable Fluxede.

0:42.9

In our first-door extraordinary results are reported in a rare example of a double-blip,

0:47.3

placebo-controlled randomized trial of a dietary intervention in fluxedes, to combat

0:51.8

one of our leading killers, high blood pressure.

0:55.1

A recent article in the journal Meet Science acknowledged that a sector of the population

0:59.2

perceives meat as a food that is detrimental to their health because of studies associating

1:03.8

meat consumption with heart disease and cancer.

1:06.3

For these reasons, these meat consumers look for healthier food alternatives as a means

1:09.9

to maintain good health.

1:11.8

So this represents a good opportunity for the industry to develop some new products.

1:16.7

Natural foods could be added to meat to reach those health-oriented consumers by boosting

1:21.5

antioxidant levels, for example.

1:23.8

Foods like fluxedes and tomatoes are healthy associated with reduced risks of cancer and

1:28.8

cardiovascular disease.

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