omega3 destruction

Quoted message said:

Can anyone lead me to some information regarding how much % of omega3
is lost from finely ground flax seeds after 2 days in the

refrigerator.\

Let your tastebuds be your guide. Omega3/6 oxygenation - outside of
our bodies - is commonly known as 'going rancid.' When all the PUFA
is rancid, the flax will taste horrid. But when only a little is
gone, you should note a definite 'off taste.'

Interestingly, omega3/6 is oxygenated INSIDE our bodies as part of its
main function - eicosonoid signalling. Careful oxygenation leads to
leukotriene and prostaglandin synthesis. See http://tinyurl.com/525ja
for a rather daunting chemical explanation, or see the NIH's EFA
education pages http://efaeducation.nih.gov/sig/ods.html for an
overview.

Omega3/6 balance doesn't seem to have any effect on diabetic insulin
sensitivity or blood glucose. But it does effect diabetic's
triglycerides. See http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/o3lipidsum.htm

With a little more processing, the EFAs become our endocannbinoids -
controlling our sense of hunger and bodily well-being. See
http://www.drugabuse.gov/MeetSum/Cannabinoids.html for some of the
chemical detail. I haven't found a good overview page for
endocannabinoids yet. Anyone?

Adam Becker

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can anyone lead me to some information regarding how much % of omega3
is lost from finely ground flax seeds after 2 days in the
refrigerator.\

Let your tastebuds be your guide. Omega3/6 oxygenation - outside of
our bodies - is commonly known as 'going rancid.' When all the PUFA
is rancid, the flax will taste horrid. But when only a little is
gone, you should note a definite 'off taste.'

Interestingly, omega3/6 is oxygenated INSIDE our bodies as part of its
main function - eicosonoid signalling. Careful oxygenation leads to
leukotriene and prostaglandin synthesis. See http://tinyurl.com/525ja
for a rather daunting chemical explanation, or see the NIH's EFA
education pages http://efaeducation.nih.gov/sig/ods.html for an
overview.

Omega3/6 balance doesn't seem to have any effect on diabetic insulin
sensitivity or blood glucose. But it does effect diabetic's
triglycerides. See http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/o3lipidsum.htm

With a little more processing, the EFAs become our endocannbinoids -
controlling our sense of hunger and bodily well-being. See
http://www.drugabuse.gov/MeetSum/Cannabinoids.html for some of the
chemical detail. I haven't found a good overview page for
endocannabinoids yet. Anyone?

Adam Becker

Also chocolate contains those anandamides.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/chocolate/addictive2.shtml

--
Juhana

Quoted message said:

Can anyone lead me to some information regarding how much % of omega3
is lost from finely ground flax seeds after 2 days in the

refrigerator.

Yeah, ... right, sure!

Quoted message said:

I grind the flax seeds using a hand blender and store them in a jar

in

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the refrigerator.

You are using a bad technique.

First of all, unless your hand blender is sterilized before grinding
you are likely to introduce contamination to the flex seed meal which
will only speed up the rotting process.

Store flax meal in a plastic ziplock bag rolled up tight, with the air
squeezed out, in the freezer. A reasonable quantity will last for
several months.
--
john gohde
http://naturalhealthperspective.com/blog/

I grind my flax seed in a coffee grinder, and use it immediately.
It makes a pretty good breadfast cereal.

Why grind and store?

j.

Mr-Natural-Health said:

Quoted message said:

Can anyone lead me to some information regarding how much % of omega3
is lost from finely ground flax seeds after 2 days in the

refrigerator.

Yeah, ... right, sure!

Quoted message said:

I grind the flax seeds using a hand blender and store them in a jar

in

Quoted message said:

the refrigerator.

You are using a bad technique.

First of all, unless your hand blender is sterilized before grinding
you are likely to introduce contamination to the flex seed meal which
will only speed up the rotting process.

Store flax meal in a plastic ziplock bag rolled up tight, with the air
squeezed out, in the freezer. A reasonable quantity will last for
several months.
--
john gohde
http://naturalhealthperspective.com/blog/

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth said:

Why grind and store?

Why grind at all, when you can buy inexpensive vacuum packed organic
flaxseed meal from a health food store? Some people actually have a
life.

I bought mine from a feed store, $6.84 per 50 lbs.

Is yours cheaper?

j.

Mr-Natural-Health said:

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth said:

Why grind and store?

Why grind at all, when you can buy inexpensive vacuum packed organic
flaxseed meal from a health food store? Some people actually have a
life.

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth said:

I bought mine from a feed store, $6.84 per 50 lbs.

Oh! How do you manage to remove the beebles and rat manure from your
feed? With your teeth, I presume?
..
And, do you also sleep with your horses in the barn?

I do not have anythinbg against making life as easy as possible, but
grinding flax using an electrical motor like a hand mixer is really not
much work. In addition for a perishable food like ground flax that has
to vacume packed, it is nice to know that you are getting it as fresh
as you can get it. Try to taste freshly ground flax and compare it to
the taste of your ground flax from a that bought in a store. And you
still have to store the ground flax in air from the time you open the
package until you finish the product. Is there a difference in the
color and taste from the first serving and the last serving? By
grinding as you use, you can not get your ground flax any fresher.
regards
andrew vecsey
PS for a paper dealing with flax, see
http://www.geocities.com/andrewvecsey/omega3.html

Mr-Natural-Health said:

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth said:

Why grind and store?

Why grind at all, when you can buy inexpensive vacuum packed organic
flaxseed meal from a health food store? Some people actually have a
life.

I do not have anythinbg against making life as easy as possible, but
grinding flax using an electrical motor like a hand mixer is really not
much work. In addition for a perishable food like ground flax that has
to vacume packed, it is nice to know that you are getting it as fresh
as you can get it. Try to taste freshly ground flax and compare it to
the taste of your ground flax from a that bought in a store. And you
still have to store the ground flax in air from the time you open the
package until you finish the product. Is there a difference in the
color and taste from the first serving and the last serving? By
grinding as you use, you can not get your ground flax any fresher.
regards
andrew vecsey
PS for a paper dealing with flax, see
http://www.geocities.com/andrewvecsey/omega3.html

Mr-Natural-Health said:

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth said:

Why grind and store?

Why grind at all, when you can buy inexpensive vacuum packed organic
flaxseed meal from a health food store? Some people actually have a
life.

Ignorance is curable.

j.

Mr-Natural-Health said:

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth said:

I bought mine from a feed store, $6.84 per 50 lbs.

Oh! How do you manage to remove the beebles and rat manure from your
feed? With your teeth, I presume?
.
And, do you also sleep with your horses in the barn?