Flaxseed or linseed or alsi.or tishi...people call it by many names. In each and every health column, nutrition websites, lots of flaxseed products like flaxseed chutney, flaxseed bread on shelves, and more over all dietitian and nutritionist recommendation for flaxseed.....SO WHATS SO GR8 ABOUT THIS OILSEED.....LES FIND OUT Flaxseed is one of the richest vegetarian source of Omega 3, an essential fatty acid which is not produced in our body and has to be taken through dietary sources. Omega 3 plays a very important role in our body. Helps keep heart healthy, maintains neuro muscular activity, muscle integrity, prevents cataract and post menopausal problems. Another unknown feature of flaxseed is LIGNANS....lignans are compounds which have estrogen like property which shows a beneficial role in pre and post menaupausal problems, regulation of menstrual cycle, PCOS and RA. FIBER< FIBER ....everone talks aout it a lot in todays eating pattern...FLAXSEED contains 2/3 rd insoluble and 1/3 soluble fiber making it a potential source of dietary fiber. FLaxseed when added to chappati dough or any other flour called in for the recipe,required double the amount of water than the control sample. flaxseed absorbs a lot of water and thus increases the product yield. it also retains moisture through out the baking procedure. Last but not the least, FLaxseed also contains good amount of protein with all essential amino acids. Flaxseed has been proven to be very good remedy for PILES treatment. So to maintain optimum omega 6 : omega 3 ratio (as most of us are not able to maintain)consume 1 tea sp of flax seed (whole , ground flaxseed, add into mukhwas, roti dal) every day and be healthy... Once Mahatama Gandhi said, WHENEVER FLAXSEED BECOMES A REGULAR FOOD ITEM AMONGST PEOPLE , THERE WILL BE BETTER HEALTH. SHIVANI LODHA