Penn study shows an ancient crop effective in protecting against a 21st century hazard

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ^ | August 9, 2011 | Unknown

[ex-Texan]

I have been waiting for this type of editorial to pop up:

Debt Crisis: Military Spending And Wars Collapsing America Excerpt:

* * * America spends, by far, more than any other nation—now averaging around $500 to $700 billion a year—on military expenditures annually. In fact, the United States military budget accounts for over 41 percent of the world’s annual military expenditures—some say the true percentage is 47 percent. By comparison, China, which is second in the world, in military spending, averages around $80 billion a year. England and France spend around $65 billion a year * * *

For the past several months, Washington Republicans have engaged in hyperventilating hysterics about the need to curtailing America’s debt. But the debt debate amounted to nothing more than a grandstanding theater of the absurd. No serious discussion of the debt can occur without tackling the exorbitant amount of money that is wasted on war. Moreover, lack of jobs and growth are the primary problems now, not the debt. * * *

Insiders in DC know and understand more $$$ Trillions are wasted each day on military and black budget projects than other BIG BUDGET programs where our government wastes money. But nobody wants to talk about obvious ways to save $$$ Trillions in DC. Knowing and understanding a significant problem exists is not the same as taking steps to cure the problem.

And corporations involved in military and black ops enterprises also are willing to spend $$$ millions on lobbying efforts to bribe corrupt, spoiled and inept political clowns like Barney Frank and Nasty Pelosi.

How much is wasted every year on special private jets transporting hyper-inflated egos with fat @sses in luxury ________?

[Liz]

This story involves flaxseed and Dr Harvey Fleiss-—the father of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss-—so stop reading if you are offended.

A women traveled all over the world seeking relief from severe allergies and virulent eczema. She had every treatment known to man.

One day she ended up in Dr Fleiss’ office-—she said no more than 1-2 sentences when he stopped her and said-—”oh you need this”—and went and got her a bottle of flaxseed oil. She began taking it internally and almost completely cured her allergy problem.

Dr Amen on PBS who centers on nutrition for medical conditions also recommends flaxseed.

[Joya]

Exactly. Thanks, Netizen, for pointing out the rancidity concern.

Flax seed should be refrigerated. I wouldn’t buy large quantities either, due to the concern about it going rancid, which isn’t just the bad flavor, eating anything rancid is harmful because of oxidation.

(All oils should be refrigerated. I keep my olive oil refrigerated except for a small *glass* bottle of it in the cupboard that I know I will use up soon. Anything that seems even slightly rancid goes out with the trash.)

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Netizen said,

Something the article left out is that due to its high fat content it goes rancid quickly and will get wormy, so it must be kept in the refrigerator, or freezer. It should be in an airtight opaque container.