Robyn Kozierok wrote: > I just picked up some flax oil capsules at a local "natural foods" store > and they recommend 1-2 per day (1000mg capsules). You can add flax seeds > to baked goods (breads etc.) and there is a recipe to use flax as an egg > replacer. I wonder how much flax seed it takes to get a day's worth of > the magic oil? I am very interested in this as I am anaphylactic to fish, > and thus almost certainly deficient in Omega-3 fatty acid! I am happy to > learn there is another source, as I have often wondered what effect this > could have. You really should read a book about it. I don't mean to send you off elsewhere, but there is that much to know about fats and oils. A very good one is called "Fats that heal, Fats that kill" by Udo Erasmus, isbn 0-920470-40-8 (bound) isbn 0-920470-38-6 (pbk). Ilya [log in to unmask]