On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 12:16:21 -0500, Marianne Fuller
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> can you take one tablespoon of flax oil per day, or one
>tablespoon of ground flax seeds per day, and have it be the same?

flax seeds have 30% flax seed oil, take the 3-fold

with the seeds you get much more in addition.
Of one day RDA you get with your spoon (20g):
10% protein
 8% b2
11% b6
10% iron
25% magnesium.

If eating flax seeds you need to be shure to drink enough water with  it,
otherwise it may become a hard substance in the gut.

And the flax seeds contain 99% of the anti-cancer lingnanes
of flax, compared to the oil
(see http://www.enreco.com/newlibrary/NEOPLAS.html or
http://www.flax.com/report/index_01_b.htm or
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind0107&L=paleofood&P=R6172 )

Amadeus S.