On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 12:16:21 -0500, Marianne Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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.