Comments on: Science in Action: Omega-3 (a surprise!)

by: peter

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:13:38 +0000

i’m afraid i wasn’t clear. you can buy flax seed oil that contains high lignan in the oil, so you don’t have to eat the flax seeds separately. You have to check the label for “high lignans” (if you do decide to eat flax seeds separately they must be ground up to release, among other things, lignans. If you eat flax seeds whole -without grinding- it will likely just pass thru you system. you can use a coffee grinder to grind the seeds. i purchase a Krup, which is effective and wasn’t too much $$$)

by: lasser11

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:09:21 +0000

yeah, the author of the article noted that the potential increase risk stemmed from most flaxseed oil’s lack of lignans.

eating actual seeds sounds like its more difficult to deal with than oil. and I bet that oil enters one’s system more effectively than eating seeds.

by: peter

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:21:00 +0000

you can take flax seed oil with lignans, which, i understand eliminates the cancer risk.

by: seth

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:11:13 +0000

I don’t know if flaxseed oil increases the risk of prostate cancer. An excellent just-published article (that I will describe in an upcoming post) implies that omega-3 fats decrease the risk of colorectal cancer — and therefore presumably all cancers.

I take selenium in addition to the other antioxidants I listed.

by: Willy

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:31:59 +0000

Thanks. I think you could increase your intake of antioxidants like vitamin E, selenium, etc. I read (Pelton´s book) that high Omega 3 intake requires adecuate antioxidants.

On the subject of fatty acids and creativity, have you read this article (I don´t remember where I found it mentioned that caused me to download it, maybe here)?:

Psychoses and creativity:is the missing link a biological mechanism
related to phospholipids turnover?
Bradley S.Folley*,Mikisha .Doop,Sohee Park
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 301 Wilson Hall, 111 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37240, USA

Horrobin has suggested [3 ]that evolutionary brain
changes occurring 2 million years ago coincided with the
appearance of both psychoses and creativity,and that
creativity and psychoses-proneness have made us truly
human.Elements of both psychotic thoughts and
creative thinking occur in all humans at some time;
indeed there is a continuum attributable to both of these
states suggesting that all humans are capable of
psychotic thinking and creative problem-solving.If
these elements can be ***related to changes in dietary fat
intake***,then it is also possible to assume that alterations
in catecholamine neurotransmitter function mechanisms
may have evolved as well.

by: lasser11

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:57:36 +0000

I recently read in an article that drinking flaxseed oil increases one’s risk of prostate cancer. The article states that the risk can be avoided by eating actual flaxseeds.

Does the risk of prostate cancer have a strong scientific basis? and are there any disadvantages of eating flaxseeds as opposed to drinking flaxseed oil?

by: seth

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:35:16 +0000

I noticed balance improvement with a much lower dose. I suggest starting with 1 Tablespoon/day.

I take a multi-vitamin pill that contains, among other things, vitamin A and vitamin C.

by: Willy

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:25:55 +0000

4 tablespoons / day is a high dose. Do you take extra antioxidants?.

From which dose do you start to notice balance improvement?. I need to have a reference to give flax oil to an old person with balance problems. I will post results if I can convince this person to take it.

Thanks.