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I get a chuckle watching weight loss ads on television that push pills because I have yet to see one that doesn't have a disclaimer in small print declaring that the pill will have better results if followed by regular exercise and healthy eating habits. If someone starts on a diet pill and begins exercising and eating right, is it really the pill? Pushing pills is easy these days because so many people are looking for a quick remedy to their problems. Of all the problems people have, being over weight seems to be at the top of the list. Well, how on Earth does flax seed fit into this equation? I*m glad you asked.

Flax seed offers those who are looking to lose weight a couple of incentives. For one, flax seed is like a multivitamin because it has so many nutrients, including: proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, folate, vitamin B-6, pantothenic acid, magnesium, potassium, iron, thiamine, copper, zinc, calcium, and phosphorus. I*m no nutritionist, but I*m sure plenty of them would agree with me that flax seed has an impressive resume on nutrients.

The second incentive flax seed offers its weight-losing consumers is the benefit of fiber. Fiber is nature's bulking agent that swells three to four times its size when ingested. This tricks the stomach into thinking it's more full than it really is and so it sends the message to the brain to stop filling the tank. I know there are a lot of pills out there that do the same thing, but they cost more than flax seed and have a list of possible side effects that is far longer than the list of nutrients (well, if a diet pill even has any nutrients).

Like many people in today's demanding lifestyle I*m guilty of taking the fast road more often than the right road, but I*m trying hard to change my ways. After spending countless dollars on gimmicks and empty promises that came in cans and pill boxes, I*m doing everything I can to get back to the basics, the basics I learned as a child in elementary school watching the old videos on nutrition with the walking celery and carrot sticks playing on the school playground and having fun; they were happy because they were healthy. If eating right and exercising can work for singing broccoli and cauliflower, it can work for me. Hmm - I wonder if that carrot stick ate flax seed too?