"Dave" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> nemo wrote:
> > "Dave" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > The packet of linseeds I recently purchased advises take one tsp
> > > immediately
> > > followed by 2 glasses of water. Why the water and does it apply if you
> > > grind the
> > > seeds before eating?
> > >
> > It's probably to make em swell up and burst. The coats of the seeds are
so
> > tough that if you don't burst em somehow, they'll just pass right
through
> > and out the other end without being digested.
>
> Certainly plausible but so is Steve's answer so I will play safe and
> take
> the water.
> >
> > Alimentary my dear Watson.
> >
> > And why eat 'em raw?
>
> Because the omega 3 fats are liable to be destroyed by heat.
> There's probably a safe temperature but I don't know what it is.
> Raw ground linseeds go OK in porrige.

OK - then crush them cold. With the husks intact, your digestion is not
going to get at the fats anyway.

They'd still be tasty in biscuits and bread though, and I doubt if all the
fatty acids would be destroyed, so just use more.

>
> >Boil em up a little, mash em a bit and bake 'em into
> > biscuits or bread. Marvellous flavour!
> >
> > Nourishing Nemo!
> >
> > (just thought of that!
>