Functional Foods/Nutraceuticals - Flax

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• Flax - A Health and Nutrition Primer

  Last Updated: 2008-06-03 – Topic Overview  

  This Flax Council of Canada background document provides a comprehensive overview of flax and its role in health.

  Target Audience: Consumer

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• Flax Council of Canada

  Last Updated: 2009-01-09 – Website  

  The Flax Council of Canada is a national organization which promotes Canadian flax and flax products for nutritional and industrial uses in domestic and international markets. It also funds nutrition and agronomic research and coordinates crop and product research and development. The website includes flax food product lists, uses of flax in home cooking, recipes using flax, and flax cookbooks.

   Target Audience: Consumer

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