Researching my diet and supplements for my upcoming cycle and remembered flax seed oil. If you dont know about it, look it up, its good for BBs and everyone else. Anyway, my question.....I cant get flax seed oil (I live in Colombia) but I can get flax seeds and add them to my protein drink. Will I get the same benefit (or better) from eating flax seed or does it have to be the oil? Also, how much flax seed (not oil) should I take a day?
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Tweaking my diet - flaxseed or flaxseed oil
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careless22
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almost 100% sure flax seed and flax oil are equivalent. As for quantity i am not sure sorry.
They might call it linseed oil in Columbia. Linoleo or somesuch.
However, it really isn't all that great as a supplement. Yes, it's high in Omega 3, but in a form we don't use.. namely ALA. You want EPA and DHA forms of Omega 3s. Our bodies can convert some ALA to EPA/DHA, but not efficiently, and not very much, as the metabolic pathway is used for other things too.
Don't sweat flax oil, instead, find an Omega 3 supplement with high levels of EPA and DHA.
However, it really isn't all that great as a supplement. Yes, it's high in Omega 3, but in a form we don't use.. namely ALA. You want EPA and DHA forms of Omega 3s. Our bodies can convert some ALA to EPA/DHA, but not efficiently, and not very much, as the metabolic pathway is used for other things too.
Don't sweat flax oil, instead, find an Omega 3 supplement with high levels of EPA and DHA.
I appreciate the info Three, after doing a little more studying you are right about the ALA ....... "ALA can be converted to long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) and can therefore be substituted for fish oils. However, EPA and DHA (the fish oils) are more rapidly incorporated into plasma and membrane lipids and produce more rapid effects than does ALA. Only a small amount of ALA is converted to DHA or EPA in the body, so larger quantities of flaxseed oil need to be taken to get the same effects from fish oils.".........."Essential fatty acids (ALA) -- flaxseed is approximately 35% oil, of which 55% is ALA"........."As a substitute for fish oil, a dose of 7.2 grams of flaxseed is approximately equivalent to 1 gram of fish oil." The fish oil supplement is the way to go for the Omega-3 fatty acids (which I can get here) but there are other benefits to ALA (Lignans, which are not in fish oil) in which I am interested, so I have decided to take both. Thanks
feinburgrl
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If you want your Omega 3 then take Fish Oil pills!!!
doctorcarta
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I like the oil...ease of use if you ask me.
Flax seed and flax oil are not interchangeable. Flax oil goes rancid easily, as does ground flax. Whole flax passes through you virtually unchanged. You might want to avoid flax altogether if you have any problems with your thyroid - like unfermented soy, flax is a goitrogen. And the conversion issue is a real concern. I don't consume flax oil - I take 10g of fish oil daily though, for the 3g epa/dha.
