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Danny boy · 15-03-2005, 10:21 AM

i was told not so long back if i took flax seeds with my protien drink or sprinkle it on my food it would allow the protien to stick to my muscle fibres more efficiently something to do with the oil in the seeds or something is there any truth in this or just another myth ????

**Pscarb** · 15-03-2005, 10:30 AM

don't know about that one mate but if you took Fish Oils or any EFA with your protein drinks it would slow the absorbtion of the protein....(don't add it PWO)

Danny boy · 15-03-2005, 11:05 AM

thanks mate ill give it a go another shopping trip to holland and barret i suppose lol

ChefX · 15-03-2005, 03:35 PM

fish oils for the normal diet

post workout 9or workout) drinks should be fast carbs and protein only

jago25_98 · 17-03-2005, 02:23 PM

I take interest in flax because -

concentrated fish oils have concentrated haeavy metals. the filtered oils are way to expensive.

Oil naturally in the fish is good but I don't think it's enough, and if it is you then got heavy metals.

Still I'm going to use this cod liver oil up anyway.

ChefX · 17-03-2005, 02:59 PM

There are no heavy metals in fish oil capsules, it was a myth started by one company to try and sell their premium product (and is very very slow to die, take notice when I said there are many times that people quote some bogus science and even start to beleive it, I know certain things are bogus as I was there when this was made up. The BS has gotten out of hand at this point)

The heavy metals gather in the liver of the fish not the sub surface skin or flesh where the fish oils are gotten from. Fish oil caps have no or extremely low (lower than teh water you drink) heavy metals.

Cod liver oil is too high in vit A to take in the amounts needed to get the effect you want from the oil.

Flax oil is not the right ratio and is missing all sorts of key elements, plus you would need almost 10 times the amount to exert the effect that fish oils provide.

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Danny boy Newbie Trainer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 70	thanks mate ill give it a go another shopping trip to holland and barret i suppose lol __________________ ONE OF THE GREATEST DISCOVERIES A MAN MAKES, ONE OF HIS GREAT SUPRISES, IS TO FIND HE CAN DO WHAT HE WAS AFRAID HE COULDN'T DO :lift:

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ChefX Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Secret Laboratory outside of Washington DC Posts: 1,870	fish oils for the normal diet post workout 9or workout) drinks should be fast carbs and protein only __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *The Regimen X Bodybuilding System by The Family of X* In the great Greek poem by Constantine Cavafy titled "Ithaka," We are reminded that it is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.

17-03-2005, 02:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
ChefX Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Secret Laboratory outside of Washington DC Posts: 1,870	There are no heavy metals in fish oil capsules, it was a myth started by one company to try and sell their premium product (and is very very slow to die, take notice when I said there are many times that people quote some bogus science and even start to beleive it, I know certain things are bogus as I was there when this was made up. The BS has gotten out of hand at this point) The heavy metals gather in the liver of the fish not the sub surface skin or flesh where the fish oils are gotten from. Fish oil caps have no or extremely low (lower than teh water you drink) heavy metals. Cod liver oil is too high in vit A to take in the amounts needed to get the effect you want from the oil. Flax oil is not the right ratio and is missing all sorts of key elements, plus you would need almost 10 times the amount to exert the effect that fish oils provide. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *The Regimen X Bodybuilding System by The Family of X* In the great Greek poem by Constantine Cavafy titled "Ithaka," We are reminded that it is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.

17-03-2005, 02:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
jago25_98 Gym Addict Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 105	I take interest in flax because - concentrated fish oils have concentrated haeavy metals. the filtered oils are way to expensive. Oil naturally in the fish is good but I don't think it's enough, and if it is you then got heavy metals. Still I'm going to use this cod liver oil up anyway.

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