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Contents 1 Outrageous Claims 2 Errors, please correct now corrected 3 Merging = 3.1 Health Benefits 3.1.1 Conditions 3.2 See also 3.3 As a fire hazard 3.4 Polar foods citation

[edit] Outrageous Claims

..Flaxseed oil has a higher rate of curing cancer than Chemotherapy..

The cancer claims are ridiculous and dangerous.

I believe that linseed oil is a toxic substance derived from heated linseed oil. I do not believe the two terms are interchangeable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.80.34.61 (talk) 04:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Errors, please correct now corrected

""" Nutrient content of flax seed oil Approximate per 100 grams (3½ ounces) Food energy 450 calories (1,880 kilojoules) Fat 41.0 grams Total dietary fibre 28.0 grams Protein 20.0 grams ... """

This should be cleaned up ! There are no wys 100 grams of oil can hold 20.0 grams of Protein !! May be the whole seed !! Would be nice to have more healh infos, also interesting that linseed oil is difficult to preserve (harder thatn other cold pressed oil! Because of Omega3 ? Sort of more like a fish oil ? Very interesting, looks possible to have the fishy oil benefit without the accumulation of toxic due to the higher position inside the food channel)

Agreed, that's absolutely ridiculous. It should be something like 100% fat, and at 9kcal/g, a total of 900kcal/100g. Tom Huckstep 17:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, the claim for fiber in flaxseed oil makes no sense. In addition, there is no mention of "stand oil" a standard component of artists' oil painting brews, which is also a modified linseed oil. 24 June AD 2006

[edit] Merging =

Copied here from Flax seed oil, prior to merge. - brenneman^(t)(c) 05:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Flax seed oil often used as a popular Nutritional Supplement is an oil extracted from the stems of the plant flax.

[edit] Health Benefits

Being a rich source of many Essential fatty acids| (such as omega-3 fatty acid, omega-6 fatty acid and omega-9 fatty acid), as well as containing B vitamins, potassium, lecithin, magnesium, fiber, protein, and zinc, Flax seed oil is commonly considered a very healthful supplement.

[edit] Conditions

It has been asserted that a diet rich in omega fatty acids may reduce Coronary heart disease, arthritis, cancer and various skin and tissue problems.

[edit] See also

• Flax
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Nutritional Supplements

(I've removed some links that I would have chopped anyway - brenneman^(t)(c) 05:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC))

[edit] As a fire hazard

I believe that flax oil (aka linseed oil) is only a fire hazard (on oily rags etc.) if the metallic driers have been added. Edible flax oil (such as Barleen's) presents no such hazard. See throop (Wed, Oct 6 2004 7:15 pm). "Pyrotechnic Salad". rec.woodworking, rec.pyrotechnic and sci.med.nutrition rec.food.cooking, rec.woodworking, rec.pyrotechnic and sci.med.nutrition. (Web link). David.Throop 03:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Boiled Linseed oil is a very real fire hazard. I nearly burned down my house with a bucket of Boiled Linseed soaked rags I left sitting after finishing my floor. I wanted an old fashioned oil and wax floor finish, but I had no "old timers" around to warn me about the fire hazard. Boiled Linseed Oil soaked rags will spontaneously combust. I confused the warning on the side of the Boiled Linseed oil can with the old, common-sense warning against leaving oily rags around where something like a spark or cigarette might start a fire. I learned the hard way that the can had a very different, specific warning. Boiled Linseed oil is safe once you know to soak the rags in water when you clean up.

I'm no Luddite, but I think the oil and wax finish is easier to master and nicer looking than any of the modern wood finsihes.

I don't know if raw, edible Linseed oil is a fire hazard.

28 January 2007 Noah Spurrier

[edit] Polar foods citation

I've put back the deleted commercial link to Polar Foods - actually replaced it with a more specific one. (I also replaced the second link that the same editor deleted, probably accidentally). The reason is that the oil discussed there is actually the subject of the footnoted text, and the link has more details on it. The fact that a site is commercial doesn't preclude it as a reference, if the purpose of the link is otherwise within WP policy. Waitak 21:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)