Flax seeds & flax meal make me nauseous

[ltcartwright]

Is anyone experiencing this? I even get nauseous when I soak the whole seeds. I've never had food allergies before, so I'm not sure if its a mental thing or I have an aversion to them that I don't know of. When I learned about raw April this year, it was the first time I used flax seeds. I have both the golden and brown and primarily use them for "bread or cracker" type recipes. Sometimes I can eat only small bits of what I make with them, other times I begin to gag and end up throwing everything away because I can't seem to get over the queasy feeling.

Any suggestions? Anyone else has/had this problem?

[Emma-Liza]

I haven't had this reaction to flax, but I have had it to things I used to eat cooked with no problems that I don't do well with raw--portabello mushrooms, chili powder (so odd!), yellow squash, some grains. Other things bother me sometimes but not always--tahini, ginger, onions.

Flax makes sense to be nauseating, because it gets slimy when wet, and because it's so fibrous.

It's a whole new menu, anyway. This is just part of it. :)

[sport]

Have you tried using chia seeds instead.

[srsarri]

Itcartwright - I AM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. They made me so SICK even in the smallest amount that thinking of them now makes me want to vomit! I posted the same question and the only answer I got was "Soak them". HAH!

hope you get better answers.

[Robison]

Is anyone experiencing this? I even get nauseous when I soak the whole seeds. I've never had food allergies before, so I'm not sure if its a mental thing or I have an aversion to them that I don't know of. When I learned about raw April this year, it was the first time I used flax seeds. I have both the golden and brown and primarily use them for "bread or cracker" type recipes. Sometimes I can eat only small bits of what I make with them, other times I begin to gag and end up throwing everything away because I can't seem to get over the queasy feeling.

Any suggestions? Anyone else has/had this problem?

I sort of got nauseous from hemp protein when I first started using it. But I seem to be able to use it fine now.

[srsarri]

AHH HEMP, hemp makes me vomit! ......................its really annoying, im glad others go through this.

[rawstrength]

I feel fine with soaked flax seeds.
Dry ones make me feel a little queasy.

[ltcartwright]

I thought I was going crazy! At least I know that it's not just me! I think I'll try hemp and chia to see if they agree with me, but do they substitute in recipes like the flax?? I don't want to give flax up entirely, cause it does work like flour without being too heavy like nut meals. Bread is my biggest weakness since starting Raw and if I can find something that substitutes processed flour, then it won't be so hard to finally give up bread.

The thing about soaking the flax seeds is that it stays whole, which defeats the purposes I have in mind for the finished product. And looking at that mass of gelatinous substance almost made me pass out. So I prefer to do flax meal. I think I'll just try to incorporate small amounts of it into my GS, just to get my system used to it. Then maybe I'll come back to using it like flour for my "baked" Raw goodies!

[GreenPrince]

Clinical symptoms of consuming different seeds and grains have been known in the raw food movement for more than 50 years.

Generally, in the case you get some curious symptoms from raw food, I guess that the cause is with 90 % probability related to the seed group. In that case exclude them in a systematic way for a couple of weeks. Then introduce them, one at a time. Keep a diary. Are you suspicious about some food, google it.

Concerning flax seeds, several chemical substances are involved. Most known are the cyanogenic glycosides (inustatine, neolinustatine, linamarine and lotaustraline etc.) producing HCN, hydrogene cyanide. Acute clinical symptoms are well known, as well as chronic symptoms from subacute levels. A few people seem to be extra sensitive.

However, flax seeds are good, but don't overdo them for a long period.

Seeds are generally nutritious and useful, and organic qualities are often found in areas where organic fruits and vegetables normally are not available.

[ulimana]

i would recommend chia seeds, they are basically ultra-flaxseeds.