Eating healthy can be a challenge, especially when you are trying so hard to meet the standards set out by the Food and Drug Administration, and their recommended daily requirements of fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, etc. Mixing and matching your diet to accommodate the daily requirements can be quite difficult, and so often we look to vitamin pills and dietary supplements to help reach those daily goals.

But there are other ways to attain our daily needs without resorting to pills. It is very easy to add additional nutrition to our cooking, such as flax seed, in order to get what our bodies need. Flax seed and flaxseed oil are high in omega-3 fatty acids, and are also a good source of protein. It's been shown that by adding flax seed or flaxseed oil to your diet, you can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, repair brain tissue, improve your arteries and blood flow, and possibly reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.

There are other nutritional benefits of flax seed oil, such as the presence of vitamins B1, B2, C, E and carotene, as well as significant amounts of iron and zinc, and trace amounts of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorous.

It's easy to add flax seed to common cooking, such as oatmeal cookies for example, and in bread, without any adverse taste or flavor. Having a flax seed oil diet, that is to say, having flax seed as part of your daily diet, can help improve your overall health, and help you get more of your daily nutritional requirements without having to overeat or swallow pills.