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Friday, 01/04/13 - Health benefits of nuts, seeds and recipe for delicous nut butter protein snack....

Healthy, tasty, homemade nut butter! 

Health Benefits of Flax Seeds  - Helps fight constipation.  The consumption of flaxseed is associated with a reduction in total cholesterol, including the LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides. Study after study has shown a positive response to eating ground flax seed daily. Eating low fat foods, increasing your exercise, limiting the salt, sugar and eating flax seed daily are a few ways that you can win the battle against high cholesterol.  See more benefits here - http://www.flaxhealth.com/howflaxhelps.htm

Sunflower Seeds -  Cardiovascular, bone health, anti-Inflamatory.  More benefits here -  http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/6-health-benefits-of-sunflower-seeds.html

Almonds – good for bones, more energy, reduces risk of heart disease.  More benefits here - http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/3270/20101103/health-benefits-of-almonds.htm

*I put in a little Udos Oil about a Tablespoon or so depending on how much needed and I used my LSA mixture for this recipe.   It's a mixture of Flaxseeds, Sunflower seeds and Almonds that I've already ground up in my food processer and keep in a brown glass air tight container in the frig to use in my smoothies and raw juice drinks, on cereal, or to bread fish.    I put about 3 cups of this LSA mixture in my Ninja and added the UDO's oil and blended for about 4 minutes and added in about 1 /4 teaspoon of sea salt and continue to blend until it's creamy.  About 5 minutes or so.    It came out delicious!  Taste like peanut butter!  Our Aussie Titan loves it too! 

Click Here to print out the Recipe for Almond Nut Butter -

Keep in frig and spread on celery, gluten free crackers, bread or pita chips....  It's healthy, packed with protein and yummy!

Enjoy the journey!

Gluten Free Lady