frankie21, flax in oatmeal is fine. Beverly International has many clients eat their 1st meal w/ a tbsp of flax and oatmeal. In a hypocaloric diet fats can be mixed w/ carbs, actually slows down digestion of carbs. Berardi was wrong w/ his fat/carb seperating theory. although it is a good idea during high carb refeeds/carb loading days to keep carbs low b/c hypercaloric w/ high carb intake, extra fat is readily stored.