Two to three tablespoons of flax seed are recommended each day. Remember, lignans are removed during the processing of the oil, but some companies add lignans back in. Be sure to check the label. If you want all the healing powers of flax, eat both the seed and oil. There are few foods where this is more true than the small but masterful marvelous magnificent multi-talented majestic minuscule flax seed.
Good food is good prevention because the right foods are absolutely medicinal.
Flaxseed is a perfect example of how much medicine you can find in the simple foods you eat every day. As a doctor, it's difficult to imagine a more medicinal food than flax, which is why I take it regularly and why as a doctor recommend it to my patients, friends and family. I eat the ground seeds and I take a high quality organic flax oil. The ancient flax seed is a modern super food. It's powerful, well researched, inexpensive, easy to take and has phenomenal health benefits.