elizabeth/was:Re: celiac / enzyme, was, ...about your blurb, was, more about cod liver

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Are you dairy free? My favorite starter is the milk/flour version,

for the " end result. " Didn't like the water/flour breads that

much. Kneading enough & not ending up with it too dry, were my biggest

hurdles - probably took a full 3-ish months, to get that " oh! this is

how it goes " thing going on. I have two favorite sourdough

starter/bread pages - can hunt those up, if you want...wishing you the

best, elizabeth

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> > > > From: eli8591

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> > > > Do have any related tidbits such as this - this particular Irish

> > > > tendency is not one that I have come across, and helps

explain our

> > > > problems with flax a tad more...aannnddd, do you have

> references for

> > > > this??? I would really like to look into this more...is it

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> > > > the celiac/irish connections? chuckling, etc,etc,etc....

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> > > > ===>Andy was my source, told me this, and I don't know if there

> > is a connection

> > > between this and celiac. We are not celiac, she has always eaten

> > whole wheat without

> > > problem, but could be a connection somewhere. You might ask Andy

> > about his source.

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> > > It seem,s to be generally accepted amongst nutritionlists I

believe

> > are sanea nd

> > > knowledgeable (a small subset unfortunateyl) that some people of

> > Irsih descent lack one

> > > of the enzymes tht turns the alpha linolenic acid in flax oil

intoo

> > the EPA and DHA thta

> > > people actually need. Fish oil contains EPA and DHA< no conversion

> > needed.

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> > > > thanks for any ideas/comments, wishing you the best, elizabeth

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> > > > > There are flax oil and hemp oil. Excellent products.

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> > > > > ==>We can't do flax, Irish here and many Irish do not convert

> > > > flax, fish oil works just fine.

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