Fri, May-16-03, 19:34
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Posts: 71
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 225/215/130
BF:
Progress: 11%
Location: Northeast Pennsylvania
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Flax (the real thing)
Angelique, have you considered using real flax seeds instead of the oil? In the first place they are incredibly inexpensive, as opposed to the oil, which is quite pricey. (One pound costs about $1.50, depending on which health food store you buy them from). They are widely available in certified organic form. They have the goodness of the whole seed, not just the oil. They won't go rancid like the oil sometimes does. We store them in the freezer or 'frig; every morning we grind up a few tablespoons in a Krups coffee grinder (takes 10 seconds). This is much better than buying the pre-ground flax, which won't be fresh. The carbo count is: 3 tablespoons = 10 gm, BUT the dietary fiber is 6 gm, for a net count of 4 gm. It tastes nutty. We put a bit of cream or sour cream on our ground flax, and it's breakfast. Of course, it's also loaded with the good omega fats. Something that grosses my husband out: I put extremely low carbohydrate blue cheese dressing on my ground flax! Yummy! He can't watch me eat THAT!
~~ Mary H.
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