Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 Hi Greg or anyone who might know - When I grind my Flax seeds up in the morning - I do it with sunflower and almonds - makes it more palatable, and I sprinkle it over my rice cereal. It usually makes enough for two mornings. Do I just put it in the fridge till the next day? I heard from someone ages back that once you grind the flax seed - it loses a lot of its nutrients within about 4 hours. This is my concern leaving it till the next day. Does anyone know if this is true, and is there a way around it if it is? Like freezing it perhaps/ I make sure that my daily portion contains 1 tbsp. of flax BTW. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 - " Nick Grant " <nwgrant Wednesday, January 09, 2002 2:05 AM shelf life > Hi Greg or anyone who might know - > > When I grind my Flax seeds up in the morning - I do it with sunflower and > almonds - makes it more palatable, and I sprinkle it over my rice cereal. > It usually makes enough for two mornings. Do I just put it in the fridge > till the next day? I heard from someone ages back that once you grind the > flax seed - it loses a lot of its nutrients within about 4 hours. This is > my concern leaving it till the next day. Does anyone know if this is true, > and is there a way around it if it is? Like freezing it perhaps/ I make > sure that my daily portion contains 1 tbsp. of flax BTW. > > Tracy One of the websites selling flax seeds says that ground flax will not be good after 24 hours at room temp, but will keep for a week in the fridge. I can look up the URL if interested. Alobar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 Your post is ambiguous. " What, " are you putting in the fridge til the next day? What makes up your " rice cereal? " Are you talking about using milk, soy milk, rice milk etc.? Do you mean that you've " put in the fridge, " a dry mixture of flax meal which you have added to dry sunflower seed and almonds, and to which you add milk the next day? Whatever you mean, if you put milk in an airtight container, the milk will last as long as it would have in its original container, perhaps a week. Flax meal is very perishable, but if it's in an airtight container, I'd expect it to last about two weeks; but I'm just guessing here. - " Alobar " <alobar Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:24 AM Re: shelf life > > - > " Nick Grant " <nwgrant > > Wednesday, January 09, 2002 2:05 AM > shelf life > > > > Hi Greg or anyone who might know - > > > > When I grind my Flax seeds up in the morning - I do it with sunflower and > > almonds - makes it more palatable, and I sprinkle it over my rice cereal. > > It usually makes enough for two mornings. Do I just put it in the fridge > > till the next day? I heard from someone ages back that once you grind the > > flax seed - it loses a lot of its nutrients within about 4 hours. This is > > my concern leaving it till the next day. Does anyone know if this is > true, > > and is there a way around it if it is? Like freezing it perhaps/ I make > > sure that my daily portion contains 1 tbsp. of flax BTW. > > > > Tracy > > One of the websites selling flax seeds says that ground flax will > not be good after 24 hours at room temp, but will keep for a week in the > fridge. I can look up the URL if interested. > > Alobar > > > > Getting well is done one step at a time, day by day, building health > and well being. > > To learn more about the Gettingwell group, > Subscription and list archives are at: > Gettingwell > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 Sorry John I meant the flax seed. hey, I knew what I was saying Anyway, thanks Alobar as well. I will grind enough for several days at at time. TRacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 - " Nick Grant " <nwgrant Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:35 PM shelf life > Hi Greg or anyone who might know - > > When I grind my Flax seeds up in the morning - I do it with sunflower and > almonds - makes it more palatable, and I sprinkle it over my rice cereal. > It usually makes enough for two mornings. Do I just put it in the fridge > till the next day? I heard from someone ages back that once you grind the > flax seed - it loses a lot of its nutrients within about 4 hours. This is > my concern leaving it till the next day. Does anyone know if this is true, > and is there a way around it if it is? Like freezing it perhaps/ I make > sure that my daily portion contains 1 tbsp. of flax BTW. Hi Tracy, According to the Canadian flax council, ground flax that was stored for, I think, 10 months showed no rancidity. I buy a kilo and grind 250 g at time. I place this in a sealed glass jar in the door of my fridge and use in with-in a week. We have gone longer and I have not noticed any change in taste. Remember that mother nature has placed lots of Vit E in those seeds and this protects the Omega 3 LNA fatty acids from oxidation. It is only in commercial processing that this natural protection gets stripped away. ======================== Good Health & Long Life, Greg Watson, http://optimalhealth.cia.com.au gowatson USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/ PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe Patch file for above http://www.walford.com/download/dwidp67u.exe KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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