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Why do you avoid flaxseed?

• ams6110 8y ago
  Seed oils in general are not healthy. Prefer nut oil, animal fats, coconut oil.
  • mythrwy 8y ago
    Nuts and coconuts are seeds though.
  • srean 8y ago
    In this context what's the difference between a seed and a nut
• corysama 8y ago
  I used to buy flaxseed oil as a cheap source of omega 3. Then someone on HN informed me that it has crappy bioavailability. So, I switched to fish oil. Free business idea: stop trying to make biodiesel and instead harvest omega 3 from algae. Sell it to the whole world at $8/gallon. Make the world a smarter, calmer place in the process.
  • exikyut 8y ago
    Where does the algae come from? If it comes from mercury- or other toxin-laden areas, the omega-3 may cross the blood-brain barrier and deposit whatever it's laden with in the brain.
    • corysama 8y ago
      People are farming algae in isolated environments to eventually make diesel. Seems more direct, higher-margin (lower volume, admittedly) and more ethical to squeeze healthy edible oil out of the algae instead.
• chillwaves 8y ago
  I've heard it hurts T levels, here is a quick google result. > the patient adhered to the daily 30 g. dose of flaxseed 93 days out of a possible 112 days during the observational period. > A significant decrease in androgen levels was observed, with a 70% decrease in total serum testosterone, an 89% decrease in free serum testosterone, and a 65% decrease in the % free testosterone observed. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752973/