I just started using cold milled flax seed...2 to 4 tablespoons a day right now. It's been great so far. I just put 2 tbsp per 8 ounces of white milk, stir it up and drink it down. No bad taste at all, but if someone is highly texture sensitive they may have a problem with the little bit of texture it adds to the milk (not much at all). The container even says you can substitute it for eggs, butter & oil in recipes...?? Not sure how well that turns out, but if I decide to increase my starches again I'll have to give it a try.
The 2 tbsp (14 g) I just took are supposed to have 2700 mg of alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3), and 800 mg of linoleic acid (omega-6). You can add it to juice, yogurt, cereal, salads, or whatever. The one I got is made by
http://www.flaxusa.com/ but they don't have it on their website. They only seem to have the whole flax seed...not the pre-ground kind. I got mine at Costco, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't more than $11.99 for 40 oz (81 servings), if that. I see somebody is reselling it on ebay for $19.58, so it has to be a lot less than that for them to make a profit (
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-5lb-Organic-Cold-M...4QQcmdZViewItem ).
In searching online just now for the kind I bought I found this blog talking about it...it seems pretty informative (but not sure of any possible biases involved...?)
http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2008/03/10/designer-flax-seed-from-a-north-dakota-farm/ One really interesting thing said there was "As for [flax seed oil] capsules, I’ve been told that it takes 53 of them to equal just one tablespoon of Flax seed." She also says that one tbsp of the cold milled equals 2 tbsp of the whole seeds (before grinding).
I definitely enjoy taking this a bunch more than adding even more horse-pills to swallow on a daily basis.
~medmommy
