Flax: a medicine or a functional product?
Abstract
The article presents an analysis of the use of flax seeds and its components, from antiquity to the present. As part of the diet, Flaxseed has not only a function of energy, supplying energy and delivering plastic material to the body structure, but also ensures an improvement of our health and well-being, reduces the risk of certain diseases. By improving the nutritional profile of foods by reducing salt, sugar and saturated fats, as well as by increasing the content of omega-3 fatty acids and other bioactive compounds, flax seeds and its components contribute to the expansion of the assorted health food. In the drugstores of the Republic is currently available in various formulations from flax (linseed-oil, biological additives to food, flax meal, lignans, etc.) So the flax can be attributed both to medicines or functional food that plays a huge role in the prevention and treatment of several diseases.
About the Authors
M. E. Maslinskaya
Институт льна
Belarus
Belarus
E. L. Andronik
Институт льна
Belarus
Belarus
E. V. Ivanova
Институт льна
Belarus
Belarus
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Maslinskaya M.E., Andronik E.L., Ivanova E.V. Flax: a medicine or a functional product? Сrop Farming and Plant Growing. 2018;(5):42-47. (In Russ.)
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