Guest guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after I've covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier options! Mary-Elizabeth Murphy <UnaMurphy wrote: i'm still suffering from tiredness over 2yrs after having my daughter. My boyfriend & i take turns to put her to bed and the nights that i do it, i fall asleep at 9/9.30pm. I had about 7 or 8 blood tests done recently (b12, glucose, organs, immune system, cant remember the rest) and all were fine except the ferritin. it came back at 14! i was told that this is really low, even though my doctor said that my haemaglobin was fine?! both my homoeopath and my doc said that i need a high dose supplement and suggested ferrograd as i couldn't find a high dose product in my local healthfood shop. which i have started taking, the main problem is it rips my stomach apart & is giving diarrhoea which is odd considering iron supplements usually give people constipation. does anyone have any suggestions? because i am really confused thanks Una Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 I have been pouring a little bit of flax oil into my son's rice milk once a day. Someone on this board said that flax oil is good for eczema, so I started giving him some. No problems. MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN <mflannagan0705 wrote: Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after I've covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier options! Mary-Elizabeth Murphy <UnaMurphy wrote: i'm still suffering from tiredness over 2yrs after having my daughter. My boyfriend & i take turns to put her to bed and the nights that i do it, i fall asleep at 9/9.30pm. I had about 7 or 8 blood tests done recently (b12, glucose, organs, immune system, cant remember the rest) and all were fine except the ferritin. it came back at 14! i was told that this is really low, even though my doctor said that my haemaglobin was fine?! both my homoeopath and my doc said that i need a high dose supplement and suggested ferrograd as i couldn't find a high dose product in my local healthfood shop. which i have started taking, the main problem is it rips my stomach apart & is giving diarrhoea which is odd considering iron supplements usually give people constipation. does anyone have any suggestions? because i am really confused thanks Una Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 we drink a smoothie every day with silk enhanced, frozen fruit, OJ or some other fresh fruit, soy yogurt, and either ground up flax or flax oil. you cannot use flaxseeds whole, in case you didn't know, and you also cannot cook them. whole, they won't be digested, and heating destroys the healthful properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Smoothies!!!! We had ground flaxseed to all our smoothies. Also, as a pasta topping. We use an equal amount of ground flaxseed, finely chopped/coarsely ground walnuts, and nutritional yeast, and then a bit of spike seasoning, and it's our special Omega 3 pasta topping we use in place of parmesan cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 In addition to shakes, we buy a bottle of flaxseed oil (that must be refrigerated) and add it to all our cold salads, like cucumber and tomato salads. Just a tablespoon mixed in with the rest of the dressing and the power of flax is working it's way into our children! Yum! Mary Ann earthmother <earthmother213 wrote: we drink a smoothie every day with silk enhanced, frozen fruit, OJ or some other fresh fruit, soy yogurt, and either ground up flax or flax oil. you cannot use flaxseeds whole, in case you didn't know, and you also cannot cook them. whole, they won't be digested, and heating destroys the healthful properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Mary-Elizabeth, I put it in hot cereal after it's cooked. I also use it on salads and in grains, rice, millet, kasha, barley etc. I also use a great powder that is flax and hemp together. Also mixing it into smoothies works well. Hope this helps. Laura in MD I'm looking for some healthier options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 What's the most nutritional - flax oil or flaxseed? - VAP79 Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:38 AM Re: Flaxseed Mary-Elizabeth, I put it in hot cereal after it's cooked. I also use it on salads and in grains, rice, millet, kasha, barley etc. I also use a great powder that is flax and hemp together. Also mixing it into smoothies works well. Hope this helps. Laura in MD I'm looking for some healthier options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 we put flax oil on pasta and on veggie sloppy joes and sometimes on stir fry or on beans and rice. in all cases, it goes on after you cook the food - high temperatures make flax oil go rancid. you can also mix it into smoothies. i had not heard that baking with flax seeds effecs the omega-3s. i do bake with it sometimes. do you remember where you heard that? , MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN <mflannagan0705 wrote: > > Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after I've covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier options! > > Mary-Elizabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Hmmm, I first read it, I think, on Ask Moxie. Since reading it and doing a bit of research on it, I've read it in several other spots. Very disappointing b/c it was so easy to just throw some in some muffins. smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 wrote: we put flax oil on pasta and on veggie sloppy joes and sometimes on stir fry or on beans and rice. in all cases, it goes on after you cook the food - high temperatures make flax oil go rancid. you can also mix it into smoothies. i had not heard that baking with flax seeds effecs the omega-3s. i do bake with it sometimes. do you remember where you heard that? , MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN <mflannagan0705 wrote: > > Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after I've covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier options! > > Mary-Elizabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 I add ground flaxseed into my daughter's cereal and oatmeal. Also sometimes in soy yogurt or apple sauce. , MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN <mflannagan0705 wrote: > > Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after I've covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier options! > > Mary-Elizabeth > > Murphy <UnaMurphy wrote: > i'm still suffering from tiredness over 2yrs after having my daughter. > My boyfriend & i take turns to put her to bed and the nights that i do > it, i fall asleep at 9/9.30pm. I had about 7 or 8 blood tests done > recently (b12, glucose, organs, immune system, cant remember the rest) > and all were fine except the ferritin. it came back at 14! i was told > that this is really low, even though my doctor said that my > haemaglobin was fine?! both my homoeopath and my doc said that i need > a high dose supplement and suggested ferrograd as i couldn't find a > high dose product in my local healthfood shop. which i have started > taking, the main problem is it rips my stomach apart & is giving > diarrhoea which is odd considering iron supplements usually give > people constipation. > > does anyone have any suggestions? because i am really confused > > thanks > Una Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 I'd been wondering about that too -- I often put walnuts in our baking, and they're a good source of omega 3s as well. So I guess I'm just killing off the big benefits? And all that ground flax in our baking -- there must be some benefit still, surely. If not omega 3s than at least fiber and protein. Heather MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN wrote: > > Hmmm, I first read it, I think, on Ask Moxie. Since reading it and > doing a bit of research on it, I've read it in several other spots. > Very disappointing b/c it was so easy to just throw some in some muffins. > > > > smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 > <thesmartfamily3%40>> wrote: > we put flax oil on pasta and on veggie sloppy joes and sometimes on > stir fry or on beans and rice. in all cases, it goes on after you > cook the food - high temperatures make flax oil go rancid. you can > also mix it into smoothies. i had not heard that baking with flax > seeds effecs the omega-3s. i do bake with it sometimes. do you > remember where you heard that? > > > <%40>, MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN > <mflannagan0705 wrote: > > > > Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking > with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 > oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat > her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after I've > covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier > options! > > > > Mary-Elizabeth > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 heating anything with beneficial oils is going to kill at least some of the nutrients. heating oils too high actually makes them carcinogenic and at the very least kills the good stuff. most of the healthful properties of nuts and seeds lie in their oils. so yes, baking with flax may indeed provide fiber and protein, but omega-3s are very delicate and any heating is going to destroy them. chandelle' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 admartin5 writes: What's the most nutritional - flax oil or flaxseed? After double checking with my associate who is a naturopath. Here is what she gave me. The oil has higher dose of omegas. But, it you are looking for additional fiber, take the seeds. Best to grind them as well, for better absorption. Hope that helps. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 The following is from The Cancer Project website under appendix_c of the Survivor's Handbook. The muffins that they refer to in the study were obviously cooked w/ flax seed oil and there was a benefit. I was puzzled when I read this because I had always heard not to heat it... Other than the essential fatty acids in flaxseeds, isn’t there another reason why breast cancer survivors should eat them? A recent Canadian study examined the effect of consuming flaxseed oil on tumor growth in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Twenty-nine women were assigned to either eat a muffin containing 25 grams of flaxseed oil or a muffin with no flaxseed oil. The flaxseed oil muffins offered some clear benefits, as the majority of the women eating them had a significant reduction in breast cell tumor size. This effect is similar to that seen with tamoxifen, a drug given to some women to prevent breast cancer. The drug acts as a selective estrogen receptor modifier (SERM), and flaxseed, which is rich in plant-based estrogens, appears to act in a similar way. Want to incorporate more flaxseed into your diet? Try adding ground flaxseed to salads, soups, casseroles, and cereals. You can also top salads with flaxseed oil. Store ground flaxseeds and flaxseed oil in your refrigerator to keep them fresh and to avoid rancidity. The best way to use flaxseed is as an addition to a low-fat, vegan diet. Here is the website. There is a lot of great information in the handbook, available on-line. You can also order a copy. Great recipes, too. http://www.cancerproject.org/resources/handbook/appendix_c.pdf Tracy Tracy Childs Food For Life Cooking Instructor San Diego County The Cancer Project http://www.cancerproject.org tracychilds On Oct 23, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Hossfeld Family wrote: > I'd been wondering about that too -- I often put walnuts in our > baking, > and they're a good source of omega 3s as well. So I guess I'm just > killing off the big benefits? And all that ground flax in our > baking -- > there must be some benefit still, surely. If not omega 3s than at > least > fiber and protein. > Heather > > MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN wrote: > > > > Hmmm, I first read it, I think, on Ask Moxie. Since reading it and > > doing a bit of research on it, I've read it in several other spots. > > Very disappointing b/c it was so easy to just throw some in some > muffins. > > > > > > > > smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 > > <thesmartfamily3%40>> wrote: > > we put flax oil on pasta and on veggie sloppy joes and sometimes on > > stir fry or on beans and rice. in all cases, it goes on after you > > cook the food - high temperatures make flax oil go rancid. you can > > also mix it into smoothies. i had not heard that baking with flax > > seeds effecs the omega-3s. i do bake with it sometimes. do you > > remember where you heard that? > > > > > > <%40>, MARY-ELIZA FLANNAGAN > > <mflannagan0705 wrote: > > > > > > Just wondering how you give your children flaxseed. I was baking > > with it all the time, but then found out baking kills the omega3 > > oils. I've tried sprinkling it on her fruit, but then she won't eat > > her fruit. Right now, she'll only eat it on french toast...after > I've > > covered it with syrup. Obviously, I'm looking for some healthier > > options! > > > > > > Mary-Elizabeth > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Thanks for this information!!!!! - VAP79 Monday, October 23, 2006 10:33 PM Re: Flaxseed admartin5 writes: What's the most nutritional - flax oil or flaxseed? After double checking with my associate who is a naturopath. Here is what she gave me. The oil has higher dose of omegas. But, it you are looking for additional fiber, take the seeds. Best to grind them as well, for better absorption. Hope that helps. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 That's good to read as we take a tablespoon of flaxseed oil daily. Cindi VAP79 wrote: admartin5 writes: What's the most nutritional - flax oil or flaxseed? After double checking with my associate who is a naturopath. Here is what she gave me. The oil has higher dose of omegas. But, it you are looking for additional fiber, take the seeds. Best to grind them as well, for better absorption. Hope that helps. Laura . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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