Jean-claude:

>In response to the divers post on the laxativity of flax seeds i would like
>to say that food in themselves doesnt do anything  .Only the RELATIONSHIP
>between a specific FOOD and a specific METABOLIC STATE  of an organism at a
>specific MOMENT  can" make "a food "laxative "or not.

That's a good point about the body's response to foods having much to do
with a person's overall diet/ metabolic state at the time of consumtion.
Nevertheless, this doesn't negate the fact that some foods are simply better
laxatives than others, for whatever reason, chemical or otherwise.  No
matter how instinctive you are, if you drink castor oil, you'll probably
experience a laxative effect.