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Why do you avoid flaxseed?

I've heard it hurts T levels, here is a quick google result.

> the patient adhered to the daily 30 g. dose of flaxseed 93 days out of a possible 112 days during the observational period.

> A significant decrease in androgen levels was observed, with a 70% decrease in total serum testosterone, an 89% decrease in free serum testosterone, and a 65% decrease in the % free testosterone observed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752973/

I used to buy flaxseed oil as a cheap source of omega 3. Then someone on HN informed me that it has crappy bioavailability. So, I switched to fish oil.

Free business idea: stop trying to make biodiesel and instead harvest omega 3 from algae. Sell it to the whole world at $8/gallon. Make the world a smarter, calmer place in the process.

Where does the algae come from?

If it comes from mercury- or other toxin-laden areas, the omega-3 may cross the blood-brain barrier and deposit whatever it's laden with in the brain.

People are farming algae in isolated environments to eventually make diesel. Seems more direct, higher-margin (lower volume, admittedly) and more ethical to squeeze healthy edible oil out of the algae instead.

Seed oils in general are not healthy. Prefer nut oil, animal fats, coconut oil.

Nuts and coconuts are seeds though.

In this context what's the difference between a seed and a nut

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