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Posted by heaven help me on June 1, 2006, at 17:56:23
We lived a couple years in France and where we were it was against the law to sell flax oil. They said it was because it goes rancid fast and when it does it's REALLY bad for you. So, IF I use it here I make SURE it is cold pressed and done only a few days ago. But this makes it really hard to find. Where do you get yours?
anyone?
blessings
mary
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 1, 2006, at 18:23:31
In reply to Just a little flax oil FYI, posted by heaven help me on June 1, 2006, at 17:56:23
> We lived a couple years in France and where we were it was against the law to sell flax oil. They said it was because it goes rancid fast and when it does it's REALLY bad for you. So, IF I use it here I make SURE it is cold pressed and done only a few days ago. But this makes it really hard to find. Where do you get yours?
> anyone?
> blessings
> maryDo you know one product made from rancid flax oil? Also known as linseed oil?
Linoleum.
The flooring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum
It is purposefully rancid flax oil (via a chemical oxidizer), soaked into a felt backing of some sort, with some wood dust or something similar added for some durability.
You seriously do not want to consume rancid flax oil.
I get mine in a refrigerated case at a popular health food store. Popular = high turnover.
You don't have to consume it all, lickety split. Put some vitamin E into it, and keep the bottle closed as much as possible, in the coldest part of the fridge.
That's what Mama Nature invented vitamin E for, to keep polyunsaturated fats from going rancid in the seeds that contain them. Nothing wrong with giving Mama a helping hand. And, you get the vitamin E later, anyway. It's not wasted, in any way.
Lar
Posted by heaven help me on June 2, 2006, at 8:15:05
In reply to Re: Just a little flax oil FYI » heaven help me, posted by Larry Hoover on June 1, 2006, at 18:23:31
OK, so how long after you add the E and keep it in the fridge would you let it go beyond it's pressed date before you pitched it?
blessings
mary
Posted by gardenergirl on June 2, 2006, at 13:00:39
In reply to Re: Just a little flax oil FYI, posted by heaven help me on June 2, 2006, at 8:15:05
Oy,
I've been giving my dog flaxseed oil twice a day for years. I've never refrigerated it.
Oy.gg
Posted by cecilia on June 5, 2006, at 3:34:10
In reply to Re: Just a little flax oil FYI » heaven help me, posted by Larry Hoover on June 1, 2006, at 18:23:31
That's scary! You (I mean you personally, not the manufacturer) can't put vitamin E in capsules. I have some flax oil capsules that do have Vitamin E added, but some others (cold-pressed, organic) where the label doesn't mention anything about vitamin E. Now I wonder if they're safe. I have them in the refrigerator and the expiration date isn't til 2007. Cecilia
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 5, 2006, at 8:08:24
In reply to Re: Just a little flax oil FYI, posted by cecilia on June 5, 2006, at 3:34:10
> That's scary! You (I mean you personally, not the manufacturer) can't put vitamin E in capsules. I have some flax oil capsules that do have Vitamin E added, but some others (cold-pressed, organic) where the label doesn't mention anything about vitamin E. Now I wonder if they're safe. I have them in the refrigerator and the expiration date isn't til 2007. Cecilia
One of the main sources of vitamin E, natural source vitamin E, is flax oil.
You needn't worry that there's none there, because there is lots there. And, the gelcap container keeps the oil away from molecular oxygen, to a pretty substantial extent. It's not totally sealed up, inside a capsule, but it's close. So, you will get far lengthier shelf life out of encapsulated oil than you will from a bulk oil.
Every time you take some oil from a bulk container, you slosh it around, mixing air into it. You tip it over, forcing air in and out. And then you leave it for a while, permitting any oxygen that got in there to do damage......unless, you added in some of Mother Nature's special heavy duty anti-oxidant called vitamin E. You can't put too much in there, but you can put too little. Once oxygen from the air uses up what Mother Nature provided, the oil will turn rancid. Every time you open a bulk container, open the seal, you let more oxygen in. Thus, the short shelf life of bulk liquid flax oil......unless you entend the shelf life by helping to protect it, with extra vitamin E. Or, you could portion the oil out, and freeze the portions you'll use later. But you have to have little to no air in the freezer packs, for the same reason as above.
If you're worried at all about your capsules, break one open and smell it. It should not have any pungent notes. A little bit of pungency is okay, too. Like eating a stale nut, instead of a fresh one.....still good, just no longer great. It's a sliding scale, into rancidity.
Lar
Posted by jules354 on June 8, 2006, at 17:48:37
In reply to Re: Just a little flax oil FYI » cecilia, posted by Larry Hoover on June 5, 2006, at 8:08:24
I refrigerate my flax seeds and other seeds and nuts, but should i be just as careful as w/ oil or capsules not to keep them around too long?
take care,
jules
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