Thanks, Ken. I would be very reluctant to take fish oil capsules. My
experience with flaxseed oil capsules is that they are always rancid and I
would imagine fish oil caps would be the same. I did think about cod liver
oil but it does have some known toxicities due to pollution etc.

I do eat sardines once or twice per week.

--Richard


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From: "Ken Stuart" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: [P-F] to eat (drink?) flaxseed oil -- or not?


> On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:29:50 -0500, Richard Geller <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> >Differing opinions of flaxseed oil -- it's oxidizing properties could
make it harmful. But then again, it's omega 3 content can help the body a
lot, esp. to offset the omega 6 from lots of nuts.
> >
> >I take it about 2 - 3 times per week (about 1 tblspoon or perhaps 10 - 12
grams) with vitamin E.
> >
> >Do you take it? What is your opinion about it? Hazard or beneficial?
>
> Well first off, it is not "paleo" according to the generally accepted
standards.
>
> Second, fish oil is a much better source of Omega-3 fatty acids, since the
ones
> in fish oil have already undergone the conversion that flax oil have to
undergo
> in your body - a conversion that may or may not occur reliably.   And the
enzyme
> that accomplishes that conversion is then not as available for other
important
> fatty acid conversions.  (This is as clear as I can make this in two
sentences.)
>
> Either eat cold-water fish (such as tuna, salmon, mackerel, sardines,
among
> others) or take fish oil capsules (I prefer Twinlab's Dale Alexander brand
for
> value per dollar).
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
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