Re: arachidonic acid/flax seed confusion

[Guest guest]

> I heard that flax is no good for us too.

Everything I've read says that flax IS good for MS'ers. Can you give

us some documentation to back yourself up?

Martha

[Guest guest]

saturated == animal fat == bad

unsaturated == good

hydrogenated == saturated == very bad naughty boy

polyunsaturated == better

monounsaturated == best (olive oil, flax seed)

then you start to get into omegas 6 and 3 and it looks like you

should eat some sunflower and sesame seeds too. More fiber. Goody.

-Sullivan

> >

> > > I was taking flax and feeling like crap. I read Dr. Weil's

info on

> > > auto immune and he says we need to cut down on that kind of

fats. It

> > > seems to work for me. I felt better after stopping.

> > >