Olive Oil or Flax Seed Oil for fat?

[Bam Bam]

Which one is better for fat intake on a low carb diet? Also, are poly-unsaturated fats or regular fats the ones I need? BamBam

 

[Cro Magnon]

Go with flax. Or, even better, fish oil.

CM

 

[palffyfan2]

flax has omega-6 or -9 (i forget which one) which balances out the omega-3 fats you get from your other foods

 

[Afterlife]

I cook in olive oil and spoon feed flax

 

[swampmoose]

i believe flax is all omega 3's,
fish oil is DHA and EPA which is what flax converts to in the body, but its all the same
l like to cook with olive oil and use flax oil in my shakes and on salads cuz its more expensive than olive oil.
you ought to check into coconut oil, MCT's.
its a short chain fatty acid that is absorbed like carbs and ideal for dieting as well.

 

[palffyfan2]

Oops youre right swampmoose

Here's what I found:

Flax seed oil is considered by many to be the answer to this health dilemma. Oil extracted from flax seed is unique because it contains both essential fatty acids: alpha-linolenic, an omega-3 fatty acid, and linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid, in appreciable amounts. Flax seed oil is the world's richest source of omega-3 fatty acids at a whopping 57% (over two times the amount of omega-3 fatty acids as fish oils). Omega-3 fatty acids have been extensively studied for their beneficial effects toward the following: arthritis, cancer, high cholesterol levels, heart pain "angina", high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, eczema, stroke, and heart attack.

The high content of omega-3 fatty acids in flax seed oil is but one of its positive attributes. The essential fatty acids combined here have proven to impart a regulatory function on the body's fatty acid metabolism. Fat metabolism is as important, if not more critical, than our body's metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates as evidenced by the drastic rise in fat related degenerative diseases, such as vascular disease and strokes. Dietary essential fatty acids common to flax seed oil are ultimately converted to hormone-like substances known as prostaglandins, and are important for the regulation of a host of bodily functions including inflammation, pain, and swelling, pressure in the eye, joints or blood vessels, secretions from mucus membranes and their viscosity, smooth muscle & autonomic reflexes, gastrointestinal, arterial, ear, heart, water retention, blood clotting ability, allergic response, rheumatoid arthritis, nerve transmission and steroid production & hormone synthesis.