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Posted by spriggy on April 29, 2007, at 20:58:07
I can't take Fish oil; I've tried 2 liquid forms, and 3 pill forms- EVERY single time I take it, I come up with horrific cystic acne (which I never have- well.. until I take fish oil; which is supposed to do WONDERS for the skin. Go figure!).
Anyway, so, I figured I'd instead try the Flaxseed oil. I haven't gotten any acne problems from it; I really do think it has helped my joint pain ( not signficantly) but enough to notice- also seems to be helping my allergies ( or it could be the Claritin-D I take daily.. ROFL; or the 3000 mg's of Vitamin C).
Regardless, I think I had a question when I started writing...
Hmmm........... (blonde moment).
OH yeah.. will the Flaxseed oil give me all the magical benefits (snarl) as the Fish oil???DHA and all the other three letter healthy initials?
Thanks!
Posted by tealady on April 30, 2007, at 7:16:18
In reply to Flaxseed oil instead of Fish oil??, posted by spriggy on April 29, 2007, at 20:58:07
Hi Spriggy,
I lost a reply I posted to you..so in short, yes one can form longer chain omega 3's from the ALA in flaxseed.. but you can also form it just by "eating your greens" as green leaf plant food is very high in omega 3's too.. in fact that's how fish make it.. from algae (I think!)apparently from studies (mentioned on here before if you search this site)females are better at forming long chain omega 3's than males.. and also some think that the US diet is sooo high in omega6's that the omega 6's swamp the omega 3's and the longer chain ones are therefore not formed in the amount they should be..
so its best to cut out as much omega 6 as possible.. a great start would be to avoid a lot of soy oil! Grains usually conatin more omega 6's.. but have a read of a food table of the oils.walnuts are high in omega 3's too
It been discussed on here ( a lot I think!!) that me and a few of us(all females I think) get acne from fish oil.
I also think I get it from progesterone being highish too.. like in that part of tghe cycle.I seem OK on sardine sthough.. like half of a 100g tin over a couple of days.
And I'm fine on flaxseed too ..at least a little of it.
I'm unsure but I think maybe flaxseed has cyanide too..like almonds.. so its not great to eat too much?
Posted by spriggy on April 30, 2007, at 22:38:53
In reply to Re: Flaxseed oil instead of Fish oil??, posted by tealady on April 30, 2007, at 7:16:18
Cyanide??
Really..wow that is interesting.
Thank you for responding- it was very helpful.
Posted by tealady on April 30, 2007, at 22:43:28
In reply to Re: Flaxseed oil instead of Fish oil??, posted by spriggy on April 30, 2007, at 22:38:53
Cyanide is probably not in the oil.. just the seed. I'd need to google it to check though to be sure.
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