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Originally Posted by momtomany1

It would appear that Dr. Atkins was not aware of any negative health effects. Is all this information too new for him to have been aware of it?

I mean at this point, telling Atkineers not to eat flax is not quite, but close to, being something like telling the Israelites not to eat manna after God told them to do so.

I don't plan on telling anyone not to use flax, but they have the right to the latest information so they can decide for themselves.

In the first books, Dr. Atkins said eating margarine was fine. Later, he discovered that it is very unhealthy and changed his advice.

Actually, Dr. A doesn't say much about flax--just that you can use it for constipation. None of his recipes uses flax. Flax is not listed as a seed or grain.