As Harold and Grant have both pointed out, linseed oil from the paint store is not safe to take internally. I've seen a report or two of people using it in the eye without apparent harm, but, to be safe, I'd strongly advise buying the edible, unprocessed Flax-Seed oil from the health food store.
Barlean's is one of several good brands. Whichever you buy, it ought to be refrigerated before and after you buy it to extend shelf-life. I've seen flax seed oil at a local Trader Joe's sitting on the shelf, un- refrigerated. That turned me off. One other suggestion I remember reading was to allow the flax seed oil to sit for a while and to decant the lighter fraction that will rise to the top of the bottle into another container to use for eye drops. I think it was supposed to work better. You are basically providing high quality lipids that gradually displace the deposits left by the unhealthy, processed oils that you've been eating in your diet. Which suggests replacing them in your diet might be a strategy to prevent the problem to begin with. <sigh> > Linseed oil that is "boiled" is flax oil that has had "Japan Dryers" > added to make it dry when used in the wood staining/painting/Art > trades;and is poisonous.Why it is called boiled I can't remember now;so > long ago. As a teen-ager I can remember the folks getting the un-boiled > Linseed oil from the store to use internally. Harold Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
