We try and get in flax seeds into ourselves in some fashion everyday. If it's flax seed oil, just drink the ghastly thing, 2 tablespoons a day. Or, 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds, add to something. It can be used anywhere coconut is used for similar resulting taste. It's really important fo vegetarians. We pretty much have no other significant source of omega 3s, and if you read about omega 3s, one wonders how anyone in India is even completely formed - I mean, you'd think we'd have missing body parts - that's how important omega 3 is alleged to be. Specially for the brain.
A better but non-veg source of omega 3s, is fish oil. Nordic Naturals is a good brand (devoid of PCBs and Mercury). We're going to eventually do these daily because they contain less omega 6 (which is bad for you). They are supposed to leave an unpleasant after taste. And, being fish, they leave me with an unpleasant feeling in the head as well, as in, I just ate parts of a thing that used to swim and breathe. Ofcourse there're plants that swim and breathe. It's just how I was programmed in childhood, okay?!
Remember to refrigerate anything with omega3. It oxidises easily, forming free radicals and losing the omega3 fats when exposed to light or air..
I can't imagine the flax seeds in the breakfast waffles Arnav wolfed down, retained any of their omega 3 fatty chains after they were baked and toasted. It's insane how so many baked goods are sold with flax seeeds in them - what is the point??
More kuzhambu with ground flax seeds added in at the very end - super yum.
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