Does excess flaxseed oil suppliment give you thyroid problem?

I take Omacore fish oil suppliment. Can I also take flaxseed oil? I read about excess flaxseeds in diet cause thyroid problems. Isit true? How much and what form - oil, raw seeds, roasted seeds or powder - is the safe flaxseed intake?Does excess flaxseed oil suppliment give you thyroid problem?
The raw flax seeds themselves do:


http://www.drmirkin.com/nutrition/N192.h鈥?/a>


This is from a compound called cyanogen.


It is converted in the body to another chemical called Thiocyanate (SCN). SCN in high concentrations in the blood for prolonged periods may have an adverse affect on the thyroid gland and may reduce its ability to take up Iodine.


http://www.ifafitness.com/health/herbals鈥?/a>


You should not eat more than 3 tablespoons a day of the raw seeds and I would opt for less than this if you are even borderline hypothyroid or are on medication for hypothyroidism.


Cyanogen is made inactive my cooking:


http://ezinearticles.com/?Flax-Seeds:-A-鈥?/a>


so roasted flax seeds would be free of cyanogen. Powder would be cyanogen free only if was processed by pasteuisation or another method to remove cyanogen. It would be best to contact the manufacturer for such info. If it was from sprouted seeds, the sprouting process may remove cyanogen but again you need to ask the manufacturer for details. There is often a contact number on the packaging.





Flax seed oil: there are conflicting reports:


This report says flax seed oil does not contain cyanogen:


http://www.ifafitness.com/health/herbals鈥?/a>


and so does this:


http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~shlevy/DIET鈥?/a>


This report says that flax seed oil (quote): ';contains also neurotoxic cyanogen glycosides and immuno-suppressive cyclic nonapeptides. Therefore, in order for flaxseeds oil to be used as edible food for reducing the plasma level of cholesterol and hyperlimidemia, it is preferable to remove these toxic components and saturated fatty acids from flaxseed or its oil before using as edible food.'; (unquote):


http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2鈥?/a>


I would therefore again ask the manufacturer if the oil has been processed for removal of the toxic compounds.


It is likely that flax seed oil manufacturers are aware of the toxic components by way of the seeds and process the oil to remove these, by various methods such as this:


http://www.springerlink.com/content/g102鈥?/a>





Fish oil is excellent for you ...why not stick with fish oil.


Also, I do know that flax seed oil goes rancid really quickly so if you purchase a bottle of the oil you need to refridgerate it.





If you have thyroid problems stay away from soya also as this can cause problems with the thyroid gland in those predisposed to problems especially.





Hope this helps.


Best wishes.Does excess flaxseed oil suppliment give you thyroid problem?
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More than 3 or 4 spoonfuls of flax seeds a day can give you thyroid problems.





A Yahoo web search for ';flax seeds'; + thyroid will tell you more.