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
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