Guest guest Posted August 8, 2000 Report Share Posted August 8, 2000 Oh I agree with you. I've ranted and bitched on here about how nasty and evil the taste of flax seed oil is. If you do the caps, make sure you take enough of them to equal one tablespoon. If you don't know for sure, then squeeze a bunch of caps into a tablespoon to see how many it takes, because they come in different sizes. - In a message dated 08-Aug-00 05:49:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pamr@... writes: << Are the soft gel caps okay? I can swallow those with no difficulty, but have to confess that the thought of adding the oil to my shake or my Betagen makes me gag! I'm a wimp!! >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 I don't mind the taste. I have been known to mix it into a shake, soup, chili, cottage cheese, tuna... Flax seed oil question Ok ladies, I bought a bottle of flax seed oil last year when I first tried BFL... now I just checked and the bottle is expired Any hoot, here's my real question, how the heck do you take the stuff without it making you gag? I never tried the first time, needless to say, I threw away a brand new $7.50 bottle of flax seed oil. I get this queezy feeling just thinking about sucking down a teaspoon of that stuff. Do you all mix it into something? How bad does it really taste? I'm going to buy another bottle tomorrow because I know I need it, but for the love of all that's holy, I don't know how I'm going to swallow the stuff. FYI, protein shakes makes me gag too. What can I say, I'm a whole foods kinda girl. Thanks to any who take the time to comment! Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Personally, I just take it straight from the spoon and yes, it is nasty stuff. Some people mix it with balsamic vinegar for a salad dressing, but to me that just ruins the whole salad. Some people put it in protein shakes and swear they can't taste it at all. I haven't tried that. I take it like a woman! Straight up, chased by water. Park Flax seed oil question > Ok ladies, > I bought a bottle of flax seed oil last year when I first tried > BFL... now I just checked and the bottle is expired Any hoot, > here's my real question, how the heck do you take the stuff without > it making you gag? I never tried the first time, needless to say, I > threw away a brand new $7.50 bottle of flax seed oil. I get this > queezy feeling just thinking about sucking down a teaspoon of that > stuff. Do you all mix it into something? How bad does it really > taste? I'm going to buy another bottle tomorrow because I know I > need it, but for the love of all that's holy, I don't know how I'm > going to swallow the stuff. > > FYI, protein shakes makes me gag too. What can I say, I'm a whole > foods kinda girl. > > Thanks to any who take the time to comment! > > Jill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 I either mix flax oil in a shake, or pour it under my tongue and gulp water. You can also put it in a shot glass with a little grapefruit juice and slam it. You don't taste it that way. Lots of people also put it on already cooked food like rice, or make a salad dressing out of it with vinegar and spices. It's NOT that bad. It tastes kind of good actually. Fresh flax oil has kind of a summery, freshly-mowed grass quality about it. Like if you were to lick the grass clippings off the lawn mower. ;-) Flax seed oil question Ok ladies, I bought a bottle of flax seed oil last year when I first tried BFL... now I just checked and the bottle is expired Any hoot, here's my real question, how the heck do you take the stuff without it making you gag? I never tried the first time, needless to say, I threw away a brand new $7.50 bottle of flax seed oil. I get this queezy feeling just thinking about sucking down a teaspoon of that stuff. Do you all mix it into something? How bad does it really taste? I'm going to buy another bottle tomorrow because I know I need it, but for the love of all that's holy, I don't know how I'm going to swallow the stuff. FYI, protein shakes makes me gag too. What can I say, I'm a whole foods kinda girl. Thanks to any who take the time to comment! Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 I must be a freak. I just take it straight up. Here's a website for ordering it online: http://barleans.com/ JennA > I don't mind the taste. I have been known to mix it into a shake, soup, > chili, cottage cheese, tuna... > > Flax seed oil question > > > Ok ladies, > I bought a bottle of flax seed oil last year when I first tried > BFL... now I just checked and the bottle is expired Any hoot, > here's my real question, how the heck do you take the stuff without > it making you gag? I never tried the first time, needless to say, I > threw away a brand new $7.50 bottle of flax seed oil. I get this > queezy feeling just thinking about sucking down a teaspoon of that > stuff. Do you all mix it into something? How bad does it really > taste? I'm going to buy another bottle tomorrow because I know I > need it, but for the love of all that's holy, I don't know how I'm > going to swallow the stuff. > > FYI, protein shakes makes me gag too. What can I say, I'm a whole > foods kinda girl. > > Thanks to any who take the time to comment! > > Jill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 LOL! Nice image, . I'll remember that after cutting the lawn. True, that is what fresh flax oil tastes like. And there's no after taste. JennA > I either mix flax oil in a shake, or pour it under my tongue and gulp water. You > can also put it in a shot glass with a little grapefruit juice and slam it. You > don't taste it that way. Lots of people also put it on already cooked food like > rice, or make a salad dressing out of it with vinegar and spices. > > It's NOT that bad. It tastes kind of good actually. Fresh flax oil has kind of a > summery, freshly-mowed grass quality about it. Like if you were to lick the > grass clippings off the lawn mower. ;-) > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I read this comment below on another health website and was curious to know if the mixing of the flax oil into the quark changes it into the usable form which has the EPA and DHA? Flaxseed oil is not recommended because it contains alpha–linolenic acid (ALA). ALA must be converted in the body to useable forms, which are EPA and DHA (found in fish oils, and cod liver oil). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 only fish oil is good for epa and dha.plants is a very bad sourceOn Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:47 PM, tadadzn@... <tadadzn@...> wrote: I read this comment below on another health website and was curious to know if the mixing of the flax oil into the quark changes it into the usable form which has the EPA and DHA? Flaxseed oil is not recommended because it contains alpha–linolenic acid (ALA). ALA must be converted in the body to useable forms, which are EPA and DHA (found in fish oils, and cod liver oil). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Mixing flax seed oil with quark or cottage cheese thoroughly makes it water soluble which allows transport into cells. We mix it up in advance and take it every morning with various other things. Posted by: " tadadzn@... " tadadzn@... tadadzn@... Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:48 am (PST) I read this comment below on another health website and was curious to know if the mixing of the flax oil into the quark changes it into the usable form which has the EPA and DHA? Flaxseed oil is not recommended because it contains alpha–linolenic acid (ALA). ALA must be converted in the body to useable forms, which are EPA and DHA (found in fish oils, and cod liver oil). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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