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Food as Medicine, Flax, Herbal Medicine, Recipe Danielle Q Currey, ND, CST-T Food as Medicine, Flax, Herbal Medicine, Recipe Danielle Q Currey, ND, CST-T

Flaxseed Recipes

We have made it through a month of exploring flaxseeds and the role they can play in our health. From constipation to hormone regulation to blood pressure, these humble little seeds pack a lot of nourishing power!

Now that we know more about them, it’s time to find ways to bring them into our regular diet.

The easiest way to do this is to freshly grind your flaxseeds and stir them into what you’re eating. Smoothies, soups, oatmeal, salads, and salad dressings work well. You can also use flaxseeds in place of breadcrumbs in your recipes or make a breading with a base of flaxseeds for cooking fish, chicken, vegetables, or whatever you want to add breading to.

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Herbal Medicine, Healing What Ails You, Blood pressure, Flax Danielle Q Currey, ND, CST-T Herbal Medicine, Healing What Ails You, Blood pressure, Flax Danielle Q Currey, ND, CST-T

Blood Pressure Management

Most of us are aware that our blood pressure is one measure of our physical health and that there is such a thing as too high and too low. We also know that there are two numbers to consider and that 120/80 is considered a good reading. But many of us are pretty in the dark beyond this cursory information. Since blood pressure is something we hear a lot about and is often measured at doctor appointments, let’s explore this topic a bit more.

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Food as Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Healing What Ails You, Seed Cycling, Flax Danielle Q Currey, ND, CST-T Food as Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Healing What Ails You, Seed Cycling, Flax Danielle Q Currey, ND, CST-T

Seed Cycling for Hormonal Balance

Have you heard about seed cycling yet?

Funnily enough, I haven’t seen very much about this powerful yet gentle way to balance your hormones on social media. I first heard about this nutritional therapy via one of my professors in medical school, Dr. Dickson Thom. Since then, I’ve used it successfully for myself and many patients. Those who use this method of balancing their hormones will enthusiastically defend it against nay-sayers and tell me about it afterwards. When you have struggled with irregular periods, low libido, PMS, and painful periods; anything that helps is very appreciated. Knowing what we do about flax seeds and fiber in general, we can see that seed cycling holds a whole host of benefits in addition to influencing our hormones. Let’s explore more shall we?

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Flaxseed Medicine

We begin our journey with herbs this year with the humble flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum).

This plant was one of the first domesticated by humans and has been used since the stone age (1). The fibers have long been spun into linen and the seeds have been used both as food and for the oil which makes up about 33% of the seed’s mass (2). Aged flaxseed oil is also known as linseed oil. One might assume that there isn’t much to write about this humble little seed, but you would be mistaken.

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