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Flaxseed

linseed · tisi · Linum usitatissimum
+10 min per daily serving, over a lifetime
modelled

What it does

ALA omega-3 and lignans relax vessel walls.

−10 mmHg systolic
30 g ground daily for 6 months, in a double-blind RCT

Why this number is modelled, not measured

Flaxseed is not one of the food groups in the Fadnes model. This figure is modelled from a blood-pressure trial (−10 mmHg systolic) via the known BP–mortality relationship — so it carries less weight than a measured one, and we mark it differently everywhere it appears.

What it is made of

How to eat it

Ground, never whole — stir into anything.

Source: Rodriguez-Leyva et al. · Hypertension (AHA), 2013 (RCT).

Minutes derived from Fadnes LT, Økland J-M, Haaland ØA, Johansson KA. Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study. PLOS Medicine 19(2):e1003889, 2022. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889

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তিসি

ALA ওমেগা-৩ ও লিগন্যান রক্তনালী শিথিল রাখে।

আস্ত নয়, গুঁড়ো করে — ভাতে বা তরকারিতে মিশিয়ে।

প্রতিদিন এক সার্ভিং = +10 মিনিট।

120 is the biological ceiling, not a promise. These are population estimates from a peer-reviewed model, not a personal forecast. Educational information, not medical advice.