I have been throwing fresh flax seed into a blender and eating it in the morning with fruits or water. Does this deliver the proper nutrients in terms of omega 3 and 6?

Philip <[log in to unmask]> wrote: One criticism made against seed oils like flaxseed oil is that they are "too
manufactured." However, fish oil is also manufactured--and apparently fish
oil is more processed than flaxseed oil. For example, below is how Carlson
fish oil is processed. Some fish oils are also refined, bleached and
deodorized. I'm confused here. Why is processed (boiled) fish oil OK, but
processed (cold-pressed) flaxseed oil not?


Carlson Fish Oil Supplement Processing
http://www.carlsonlabs.com/pdf/products/FAQaboutFishOils.pdf

Manufacturers like Carlson do much more processing to make their fish oil
supplements than just "squeeze" the oil out of fish. They use a multi-step
process:

- vacuum drying
- deacidifying
- steam and vacuum washing and mixing
- removing impurities with natural absorbants
- molecular distillation (boiling and condensing to distill and collect
liquid constituents)
- cooling and filtering
- vitamin E, other antioxidants, and/or lemon flavor is added
- final mixing
- nitrogen added to preserve freshness


Barlean's claims that fish oil is more processed than flaxseed oil:

From: Flaxseed Oil and Fish Oil
http://www.barleans.com/literature/flax/21-nothing-fishy.html

"Organic flaxseed oil is made by simply squeezing the oil out of organic
seeds [cold-pressing]. Fish oil is made by separating the oil from the fish
and then cleansing and deodorizing the extracted oil. Thus, fish oil is a
much more processed product than flax oil. In addition, fish oil sources
suffer from the presence of ocean water pollutants. Batch testing by
competent laboratories is critical to protection of consumers. Although all
companies claim good manufacturing practices, some fail to test all batches
of raw materials or use labs qualified to test accurately. The consequences
of these shortcomings were demonstrated in a recent Irish study revealing
that many fish oil products analyzed had 3 to 5 times the dioxin levels
allowed by the European Union."


 
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