Hi Adam:

It is not necessary to grind the flax especially if one is trying to reduce 
calories or avoid the contents within the seed. Read the excerpt below taken 
from the URL.

Marilyn

http://www.freedomyou.com/recipes/seeds%20of%20health.htm

"Flax seed slowly releases its mucilage through the fiber wall. After half 
an hour of soaking the little seeds, a slippery mucilage forms. The flax 
seeds act as a tiny mucilage release capsule. This release continues, 
changing the water to a slippery consistency similar to a light oil. Flax 
seed is God's gift for a toxic colon! It lubricates and absorbs toxins 
perfectly.
Flax mucilage helps to prevent toxic build-up in the bowel during fasting or 
a healing diet. When juice fasting, take a teaspoon of whole flax, 2-3 times 
per day, with a generous supply of water. Do not chew the seeds; swallow 
them whole with a glass of water. This will allow only the mucilage to 
escape. The flax seed will pass out of the system without releasing any of 
its oil. Even though the oil is highly nutritious, it can hinder the deep 
cleansing process that is desirable during juice fasting. "

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Sroka" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: Fiber - again



> Crush them before you eat them. Or at least chew 'em up real good. The 
> whole seeds will not be digested and will pass straight through you. This 
> is nature's version of the seed drill. Basically, seeds evolved so that 
> animals would eat them, not digest them (At least not all of them,) and 
> then plant them somewhere else along with a generous donation of 
> fertilizer. In this day and age, however, flax seed is a little expensive 
> to just pass, and you don't get the purported benefits of the fiber unless 
> it actually dissolves.
>