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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / December 2004Flaxseed oil with cholesterol?????
I bought some flaxseed oil in the healthfood store in switzerland , and when I read the label, I was shocked that it listed as having 5% cholesterol. There was nothing on the label to indicate that the oil was not 100% flaxseed oil, so I just do not understand where the cholesterol is from? regards andrew vecsey Unless I have been mislead, cholesterol comes from only animal sources. Draw your own conclusions. EFA blend including fish oil? Possible process contamination? Error? MikeV >I bought some flaxseed oil in the healthfood store in switzerland , > and when I read the label, I was shocked that it listed as having [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > regards > andrew vecsey > Unless I have been mislead, cholesterol comes from only animal > sources. Well, I understand that new information has it that (very) small amounts of cholesterol can be found in plant sources. Still, as in the OP's case, 5% seems pretty damn much...  SignatureMikko Rauhala - mjr@iki.fi - <URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/> Transhumanist - WTA member - <URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/> Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - <URL:http://www.singinst.org/ > > Unless I have been mislead, cholesterol comes from only animal > > sources. > Well, I understand that new information has it that (very) small > amounts of cholesterol can be found in plant sources. > Still, as in the OP's case, 5% seems pretty damn much... I think that they are confusing mg with g in their calculations. Vegetable oils have between 0 and 5 mg per 100g, which makes it a maximum of 0.005% cholesterol. Elmer >>> Unless I have been mislead, cholesterol comes from only animal sources. >> Well, I understand that new information has it that (very) small [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Elmer I have used flaxseed oil to fry. It always has a fishy odor. Sorry for the misinformation. I should start to carry my glassses with me. The details of the label on the flax oil is: 100ml contains: Fat: 92g containing Saturated: 8g Monosaturated: 16g Polysaturated: 63g Cholesterol: 5mg My new question is: There is 87g of sats, momostats, and polysats out of 92g fats. What are the 3g that are missing in the calculation? regards andrew vecsey > I bought some flaxseed oil in the healthfood store in switzerland , > and when I read the label, I was shocked that it listed as having 5% [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > regards > andrew vecsey As the flax seed oil is made a supplement oil, I guess it hasn't been refined, bleached, winterized, or deodorized. Processes that would remove gums, free fatty acids, pigments, lecithin, terpenes. and miscellaneous nonsaponifiable materials which would include phytosterols, phytol, carotenoids, xanthophyll pigments, vitamins E and K. Most of these would be minor components. So perhaps most of the 3 grams would primarily be glycerols. > Sorry for the misinformation. I should start to carry my glassses with > me. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > regards > > andrew vecsey |
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