Description
Flax is a medicinal plant used since Antiquity. Flax contains carbohydrates, cellulose, proteins, potassium and magnesium salts, oil, vitamins E, F, mucilages, galacturonic acid, rhamnose, galactose, xylose, arabinose, lipids formed from fatty acids and monounsaturated (oleic acid) and polyunsaturated (linoleic and linolenic acid) and cyanosidic glycosides. Flaxseeds ingested whole are indicated for people overweight, obese, due to the considerable energy content of fatty oil. They are also effective in the treatment of dyspepsia and constipation. Average nutritional values in 100g of product: Energy: 1382kJ/327kcal; Protein: 32.0g Carbohydrates: 16.0g Fat: 40.0g of which saturated: 2.4g of which monounsaturated 9.6g of which polyunsaturated 28.0g Fibre: 8.3g Healthy wholesale product, available on Supreva for grocery stores at manufacturer wholesale prices.