Re a better flax oil? (was Is Flax good or bad?)

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> I read this too, and it worried me. Flax is also high in phytase, so we

> limit it's use to a couple tablespoons in non-wheat grain soaks. I

> haven't decided whether to buy more when I run out. I don't recall flax

> being used as a foodstuff in literature, just to make cloth and thatch

> roofs. Did traditional societies eat it?

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> Desh

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Hi Desh,

I'm not sure whether or not the flax seeds and oil that are being sold

so widely here in the US lately were ever consumed by indigenous

peoples, but evidently there is a different kind of flax oil that HAS

been used, for both food and fuel, by generations of numerous ancient

cultures. It's called Gold of Pleasure or wild flax, false flax,

Siberian oilseed etc. Apparently it's not only rich in O3's, but is

also much more stable (doesn't go rancid so quickly) than conventional

flax oil.

Here are a couple of links with more information about it:

http://www.siberiantigernaturals.com/goldofpleasureoil.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelina_sativa

It sounds promising!

elan