The NYC Avocado Toast
I just finished watching something horrible on YouTube. In what can only be described as an alien transmission cloaked in a nutritional recommendation, “How To Lose Belly Fat in 10 Days Using Flaxseed Water 10 Kilos in Just 10 Days” has me stunned. Let’s say that you can make it past the creepy robot woman stuttering through the phrase “Keep to know all about this ‘Genie in a seed’ that will help you to chisel your beautiful figure in a few days.” Then you will learn that in order to lose weight you must drink “a thick, viscous mixture” of whole flaxseeds soaked in water three or four times a day after meals in order to cleanse your colon of extra weight. Look, please don’t do this-or any of these other crazy cleanses or detoxes you happen across on the weirder side of the Internet. There’s some truth about the weight-loss benefits of flaxseeds, but you do not (repeat: DO NOT) have to drink weirdo flax shakes in order to experience them. Allow me to explain. What Are Flaxseeds? They ...