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On 1 Jan 2002 at 7:39, Marilyn Harris wrote:
> >Apparently Flax oil is usually rancid even when it is in the store.
> >For this reason, I don't buy it / use it.>
> If you buy it refrigerated (hence never opened) and in a dark bottle,
> then it should be fine, although, you don't really know whether it had
> always been stored like that (did it sit around in room temperature
> for several days before being put into the fridge?).
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> Marilyn
Of equal importance are the conditions at time of extraction. There
are those who figure they are doing themselves a service by grinding
their own in a coffee grinder. On the other hand I prefer to buy
mine from a meticulous supplier who uses controlled temperatures and
an inert atmosphere.
FWIIW I eat about a kilo of flax fibre a week and don't often use the
flax seed oil. I am a T2 diabetic and was looking for a high
protein, high soluble fibre, high antioxidant food. I buy it in
two kilo lots which arrive by overnight courier. One goes in the
fridge, the other in the deep freeze.
I eat raspberries, blackberries, blueberries with flaxfibre every
morning of the year.
My HbA1c is 5.0 My blood pressure is 120/70 and my blood lipids are
normal. I eat essentially paleo with pickable vegetables, fish,
shellfish, venison, lamb. Occasionally I make my own bread.
Quentin Grady
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