Ingredients
- ½ cup walnuts
- ¼ cup ground flaxseed
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup almonds
- A pinch of salt, optional
Method
Lightly roast the walnuts and almonds. Do not brown them.
Grind the flaxseed fresh — whole flax passes through undigested.
Cool and combine everything. Store in the fridge in an airtight jar.
Take one heaped tablespoon a day, or roughly five walnut halves plus a spoon of the seed mix.
Alongside this, reduce refined oils high in omega-6. The ratio is what moves, not just the intake.
Plant omega-3 converts to the active forms inefficiently. If you eat fish, it remains the more direct source.
Why it works
Nutrition, per serving
| Energy | Protein | Carbohydrate | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kcal per tbsp | 3 g | 3 g | 10 g | 2 g |
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