# Flaxseed oil: useful health supplement, or over-hyped expensive product?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 10, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739 "2003-10-10T21:44:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/1 "2003-10-10T21:44:22Z")
Or could it be…_both_?
I’ve been hearing that flaxseed oil is supposed to be good for you. Anyone what to tell me about it? Personal experiences? Scientific data? Possible problems? Should I try it out? Or would I be wasting my money?
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### Author:  [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/2 "2003-10-10T23:12:48Z")
I bought a bottle of the stuff and used it twice. The taste is not good to me. I’ll have to try it mixed with other food, like maybe salad. It’s supposed to be good for you. There’s a bunch of stuff on the Net about it, like:
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/3 "2003-10-11T02:04:07Z")
The fat in flax is good for you, and the fiber content ain’t bad either. But it’s not the miracle that so many seem to think it is.
Instead of buying the oil, I just buy the seeds and eat them. They don’t have a strong flavor, so they mix well with pretty much anything.
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### Author:  [@sprogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sprogy)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/4 "2013-07-19T06:48:28Z")
Hello, this is an old thread, but nevertheless…yesterday I finished an article arguing that flaxseed is NOT all that great from a weight loss perspective, like some authors would claim…and I’m sure that links on their websites are not affiliate links, just a genuine way of providing people with helpful information…anyway, my argumentation can be seen here: [Mod: Removed link] and I thank you in advance for any constructive feedback you might be able to give me (to hopefully improve the resource)
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### Author:  [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/5 "2013-07-19T06:52:17Z")
Reported.
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### Author:  [@sprogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sprogy)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/6 "2013-07-19T06:59:42Z")
this is so not the feedback I was hoping for 🙂 but if my post comes across as spammy, then so be it, I deserve it!
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### Author:  [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/7 "2013-07-19T10:09:55Z")
I don’t think there was anything wrong with your post, but people around here are very suspicious of newcomers.
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### Author:  [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaxseed-oil-useful-health-supplement-or-over-hyped-expensive-product/206739/8 "2013-07-19T11:21:44Z")
> [@sprogy](#):
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> Hello, this is an old thread, but nevertheless…yesterday I finished an article arguing that flaxseed is NOT all that great from a weight loss perspective, like some authors would claim…and I’m sure that links on their websites are not affiliate links, just a genuine way of providing people with helpful information…anyway, my argumentation can be seen here: [Mod: Removed link] and I thank you in advance for any constructive feedback you might be able to give me (to hopefully improve the resource)
**Sprogy** , resurrecting 10 year old threads in order to link to your website is tantamount to spam. If you want to take part in our community, you are welcome to do so, but we will not let ourselves be used as a vehicle to drive traffic to an outside website.
If you want to discuss the merits of flaxseed oil as a weight-loss agent, you can create a thread discussing the merits and demerits of it, here. Further attempts to reroute the discussion to your own website will indicate that that’s all that you came to do.
Thread closed.
- Gukumatz,
IMHO Moderator