There are many benefits to including flax seed in your diet or as a supplement but how do you choose which one to take? What are the differences between regular flax seed (Canadian flax seed) or golden flax seed which is originally from Dakota?
You will note if you do any research into the subject on the internet that most people selling flax seed will try and tell you that either Canadian flax seed or golden flax seed (from Dakota) is better. Most of this is just advertising talk and really they are both supposed to have the same nutritional value. The golden flax seed however is a new type of flax seed that was discovered through research done at the North Dakota State University.
The flax council of Canada mentions this study on their website, "A recent comparison of 'Dakota Gold' flax with Canadian brown-seed flax shows golden and brown seeds are very closely matched in oil content (on a dry-matter basis). The analysis conducted on two 'Dakota Gold' flax seed samples by the Canadian Grain Commission showed the golden seed contained between 43 and 44 percent oil. This compared with the 44 percent oil of Canadian brown flax seed found in the July 2001 CGC analysis. However, the brown seed surpassed the 'Dakota Gold' in the omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic component of that oil. The July 2001 brown flax seed samples contained almost 59 percent omega-3 fatty acid compared to about 51 percent in the 'Dakota Gold' samples. Thus the evidence points to nutritional equality of brown and golden flax"