flax

Seek out varieties that include seeds—like flax, chia and sesame—which add nutrients including omega-3s and protein.

Menstrual Cramps—Eat two tbsps of flax seeds during your period because of their hormone balancing lignans and phytoestrogens.

Attempts have been made to improve the quality by the introduction of Riga flax seed, but so far without success.

Few countries can boast such wheat, colza, flax, and madder as it produces.