Food!

Good morning! I started this blog on Feb 15th and am finishing it today-going to try for another one throughout the day :) I decided today is the day to start my wonderful blog! I might overuse my allotted amount of exclamation points for the day in this blog because I'm thrilled to be writing about fitness and/or nutrition! So I'm not always sure I'll have something interesting to say but it's sure worth a try!

So for today's breakfast I had what is pictured above, Agave nectar, steel cut oats, soy protein, flax seeds and cinnamon. This is a fantastic breakfast as it is very filling, tasty and healthy! There are several healthy components of this breakfast but for this blog I'm just going to highlight Flax seeds-the rest of the amazing things the rest of the ingredients can do will be highlighted at a later date:

Flax Seeds: These can be healthy because they contain the following:*

 

Omega-3 essential fatty acids, "good" fats that have been shown to have heart-healthy effects. Each tablespoon of ground flax seed contains about 1.8 grams of plant omega-3s.

Lignans, which have both plant estrogen and antioxidant qualities. Flax seed contains 75- 800 times more lignans than other plant foods

Fiber. Flax seed contains both the soluble and insoluble types

Not only do they contain all of these things but there has been some research to show that flax could possible reduce the risks of certain cancers as well as cardiovascular disease and lung disease.

*Source: WebMD