Best time to take flax seed oil?

[MattB]

When is the best time to take flax seed oil?
at night? or right after a workout?

 

[war_eagle]

I take it before bed with a protein shake

 

[Slashco]

I usually put some in my salad at dinner. If I understand correctly it's meant to replace certain amino acids, so it shouldn't matter when in the day you take it...

 

[Industry]

I saw Flaxseed Oil vitamins for sale at CostCo today. are they really that important when weight training... i mean i already take enough crap dammit! (Glutamine, Protein, Multi, B Complex).

 

[sonick182]

what are the benefits of Flaxseed? are they just the 'healthy oils'?

 

[junglist]

Flaxseed oil is an Essential Fatty Acid (EFA). EFA's are essential because our bodies cannot produce them, and include omega 3 and 6 oils found mostly in fish, but also flax and other seeds.

I'm no expert, but my understanding is that their primary benefit is in facilitating neurochemical flows in the brain.

A quick google search would likely be helpful.

 

[MattB]

is pretty good stuff for the heart
give you some extra calories + healthy fat

reduce chance of getting prostate cancer
good if you have acne

and tons of other crap

of course i take it cus i wanna bulk

 

[enkai]

Fish oils are a much better choice IMO over flaxseed oil becuase flaxseed oil binds to your estrogen or test. but anyhow studies show that it increases estrogen and lowers test. Most people are very deficient when it comes to Omega-3 fatty acicds, omega-6s isnt a big case because they come in foods that are on the market and 9s, im not sure of, but if your body has the good fats, it'll prefer them to bad fats, but lower your bad fats and increase your good fats and you'll loose weight, they help in brain fuctioning and they help also mobilize bad fats into the blood stream.

Here is a bit of info on them

http://alen.darkscape.net/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=10;t=43

 

[One on One]

Take Fish Body Oil NOT Flax Seed Oil. Flax Seed Oil increases your chances of prostate cancer by a lot. Go to WebMD and look for articles on Flax Seed...it is not recommended for men.

 

[sonick182]

Well, i went out and got some fish oil.. lesee if i can see any benefits

 

[Kensiko]

flax seed oil is really good for your skin,hair,and eyes but thats about it.

 

[MattB]

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/53/61175.htm

according to this article from webmd, flaxseed actually reduces the severity of prostate cancer

also checkout this article
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/62/71499.htm


yeah and flaxseed is good stuff for skin
i dont have any acnes anymore

 

[Unbridled_1]

yeah, flax seed oil is fine. Also eat plenty of fish and some nuts(like almonds and walnuts).

 

[MattB]

yeah almonds are nice

has lots of protein too

 

[One on One]

Read this article:

http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/1/3079_1091.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do, but I just think it's not worth the risk if a study is linking it to prostate cancer. You can get the same benefits from Fish Body Oils.

 

[Unbridled_1]

dave134,

thanks for the link. It was very interesting to read that. Unfortunately, for most supplements/nutrients each study says something different and often contradicts another study. It is good though to be aware of that though.

 

[Shiftkey]

Does anyone else think that flaxseed oil tastes like what walnut juice would probably taste like? What IS a flaxseed anyway?