Flaxseed is panicum miliaceum, the seed of flax. Flaxseed has a small reddish-brown fruit and a strong nutty flavor. It belongs to a lifetime herb and can be divided into three types: fiber flax, oil flax and oil fiber flax. The picture is as follows:

The stem is erect, up to 1.2 meters high, and the upper part is soft and waxy; Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 20-40 mm long and 3 mm wide, with hoarfrost on the surface; Petals 5, with a diameter of15-25mm, blue or white; The fruit is a capsule and the seeds are oblate.

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Flaxseed can improve skin fat content, make skin smoother, moisturized, soft and elastic, and at the same time make skin breathe and sweat normally, thus alleviating various skin problems. Flaxseed has existed for more than 5,000 years in human history, and it belongs to the seed class. Nowadays, flaxseed is often used to extract oil.

Linseed oil can reduce the blood lipid level of patients with impaired glucose metabolism. The α -linolenic acid contained in it is an omega-3 fatty acid from plants, which is beneficial to human health.

Other research results show that eating linseed oil has a positive effect on reducing the total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (bad cholesterol) in human blood, so it is suggested that linseed oil can be used to stir-fry at ordinary times.

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People's Daily Online-Eating flaxseed oil can reduce blood fat.