Ground Flax seed

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Ground Flax seed

02-27-2011, 11:26 PM

I have some ground flax seed, which I keep in the refrigerator, as is recommended. I believe it goes rancid, or something, if it is not?

However, this evening, I noticed that my ground flaxseed was inadvertently left out all day. (About 12 hours.)

Will that affect its nutritional value? Is it OK to still use it, or should I discard it?

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Symptoms began in JAN02
- Dx with RRMS in OCT03, following 21 months of limbo, ruling out lots of other dx, and some "probable stroke" and "probable CNS" dx for awhile.
- In 2008, I was back in limbo briefly, then re-dx w/ MS: JUL08.
- Betaseron NOV03-AUG08; Copaxone20 SEPT08-APR15; Copaxone40 APR15-present
- Began receiving SSDI / LTD NOV08. Not employed. I volunteer in my church and community.
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#2

02-28-2011, 06:34 AM

Yep, ground flaxseed goes rancid if kept at room temperature. Rancidity begins even before the flaxseed starts to taste bad. However, a 12-hour stretch out of the refrigerator isn't likely to pose a problem, except perhaps in hot summer weather.

That's my take on it, anyway.
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