Quote From Laurie Masters on Flax (From Kay)

[Guest guest]

I had a message back from Laurie who is rather preoccupied with

editing Dr.Grahams book at this time, or she would add more to this

topic..

 

 

Flaxseeds contain " cyanogenic glycocides. " I leave it up to others to

research the term, but it's not good news.

Second, people get all excited about claims that this or that

substance contains " the highest _____ content of any food, " without

ever considering that we don't want the HIGHEST amount of any

nutrient! We want the amount of the nutrient that we need. And in

general we cannot look to western " science " to tell us what we " need "

in terms of any nutrient. Scientists study sick populations eating

toxic diets. We need to get over our fixation with research and human-

derived " requirements " and look to nature. You are right on in

pointing out " How did we grind flax seed? How did we harvest enough

to eat? How did we extract the oil? How did we obtain soybean oil and

so forth? Where did we get our " essential fatty acids " then? "

 

TO ADD;

Laurie mentioned that Dr.Vetrano is currently working on a book that

will cover this topic.

Hope this helps anyone who is interested

 

I'm outta here - Kay. x

[Guest guest]

Thanks Kay for all the effort in this issue with Flax. Now I know what to tell

my family members when they ask why I don't use flax anymore.

 

Linda Sue

 

 

korangeli <corangeli

rawfood

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:35:52 -0000

[Raw Food] Quote From Laurie Masters on Flax (From Kay)

 

 

I had a message back from Laurie who is rather preoccupied with

editing Dr.Grahams book at this time, or she would add more to this

topic..

 

 

Flaxseeds contain " cyanogenic glycocides. " I leave it up to others to

research the term, but it's not good news.

Second, people get all excited about claims that this or that

substance contains " the highest _____ content of any food, " without

ever considering that we don't want the HIGHEST amount of any

nutrient! We want the amount of the nutrient that we need. And in

general we cannot look to western " science " to tell us what we " need "

in terms of any nutrient. Scientists study sick populations eating

toxic diets. We need to get over our fixation with research and human-

derived " requirements " and look to nature. You are right on in

pointing out " How did we grind flax seed? How did we harvest enough

to eat? How did we extract the oil? How did we obtain soybean oil and

so forth? Where did we get our " essential fatty acids " then? "

 

TO ADD;

Laurie mentioned that Dr.Vetrano is currently working on a book that

will cover this topic.

Hope this helps anyone who is interested

 

I'm outta here - Kay. x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

flax rhymes with wax, there's probably a reason.

 

rawfood , jbarnha500@a... wrote:

> Thanks Kay for all the effort in this issue with Flax. Now I know

what to tell my family members when they ask why I don't use flax

anymore.

>

> Linda Sue