Posted by Larry Hoover on April 11, 2009, at 16:22:36
In reply to Re: Side effects from fish oil? - anxiety, posted by missin on April 8, 2009, at 14:04:23
> a couple of weeks ago i started taking flaxseed oil as a supplement to my diet, as i am allergic to seafood and thus have very limited intake of omega 3/6/9.
I really doubt you'd have any trouble getting omega-6 fats. Any vegetable oil will give you omega-6, and probably far more than is good for you, overall. Omega-9 is easy to get in olive oil. And the omega-3 fatty acid in flax oil (alpha-linolenic acid, 18:3) is no longer accepted as more than a modest precursor to EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid, 20:5). And it is now generally believed that the yield of DHA, (docosahexaenoic acid, 22:6) is pretty much zero.
If you're allergic to fish, then your only valid source for long-chain omega-3s is algae.
> my anxiety which i have had under control for several years now went through the roof. at first i thought i was pregnant, because the only other times i have felt that bad was in early stages of pregnancy, but alas, the test said no. the only change id had in my life was the introduction of two flaxseed oil pills a day, and a womens multivitamin.Just from a logical perspective, if you were taking two supplements that you started at the same time, then you can't be sure what caused the anxiety. Some people are anxious from B-vitamins, for example.
Lar
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