date:Jun 04, 2013
Researchers asked kids to eat muffins and bread with extra flaxseed and found there was no change in their LDL, or bad cholesterol, compared to those who ate baked goods made without flaxseed. And their HDL, or good cholesterol, went down on the flaxseed diet.
It didn't have any convincing benefit, and in fact there's some suggestion that it may have actually made (things) worse, said Dr. Brian McCrindle, who worked on the study at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
There's dis