Our Flax Hull Lignans are harvested from flax fields in North Dakota. One of our staff members took this photo at one of the actual fields we harvest from.

Research has shown that Flax Hull Lignans are highly beneficial to the human body. Flax Lignans help boost your immune system and help you tackle many types of health challenges. We wish we could list everything that they do for you, but legally we are limited as to what claims we can make about the health benefits of flax lignans. The research is out there if you will look. We like to point people to the non-profit website, www.aidshivawareness.org, where they are researching the effects of flax lignans on the immunity of people suffering from HIV.

It is thought that flaxseed is one of the first crops ever consumed by human beings. Before 5000 BC, Egyptians were known to treat illnesses with flaxseed. In some of his writings, Hippocrates stated flaxseed was used for the relief of abdominal pains. During the eighth century, King Charlemagne passed laws requiring his subjects to consume flaxseed to ensure their good health. In more recent times, science has been able to look at the intricacies of the flax seed and see why it's so good for us.

Flax seed is known for it's oils (ALA, which is an Omega 3), and lignans (immune boosting phytoestrogen). The small brown or golden seed contains the oil, and the shell contains the lignans. The little seeds you buy at the health food store (that have no shell on them) have no lignans, but are great for getting your Omega 3's. The shells have a small amount of oil, and are packed with lignans.

In the U.S., scientists have known for well over 30 years that the lignans found in flax seed have immune boosting properties. The problem in the past has been how to concentrate them enough to do anyone any good. See, to get as many lignans as you would need to help your body fight off specific illnesses, you'd need to eat around 2 gallons of whole, ground flaxseed a day...and obviously that isn't realistic.

The problem with concentration came with the flax turning rancid whenever concentration was attempted. The heat in the extraction process activated the oils in the flax and turned it rancid. Some companies learned to extract the lignans from the shell of the flax seed chemically. This unforunately isn't a great way to extract them as it kills the enzymes and there is concern about chemical residues left over in the lignans themselves.

Our company has a specially guarded process of cold milling extraction. This is the absolute best way to extract lignans, as it leaves the enzymes intact (qualifying the lignans as live food), and there are no chemicals used so no worrisome residues! Also, chemically extracted lignan companies focus on one specific lignan called SDG. That lignan is powerful but scientists at the University of North Dakota are reporting that it is the working together of all 27 lignans in the flax seed that gives such a powerful immune boosting effect. Our lignans have all 27 and are even qualified as Kosher!

To all of you, from all of us at FlaxLignanHealth.com- Thank you and here's to our health! Flax Lignan Health, PO Box 174., Mansfield, TX 76063