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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 tied into

> 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

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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.

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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