Flax oil in eyes

Cliff Beckwith

Hi,

I have been asked to summarize what we have been playing with concerning
eyes and flax oil.

There is nothing  here that is any guarantee and nothing that we have read
or have followed.

Quite a while ago, my cousin Rich told me he had been having trouble seeing
enough to drive at night.  Having great faith in the ability of flaxseed oil
to help about any condition involving poor health, Rich began to put it in
his eyes.

I am hazy about the length of time it took, but before long his night vision
had improved greatly.  I tried it a little and it seemed to help me.

Just as an observation, I put that info on the flaxseed oil group.

  Before long some other folks emailed the group and told of this approach
helping them.

One lady said that it had helped her, but it had helped her neighbor more.
The neighbor had macular degeneration and lost her driver's license, and now
she had it back.

Another lady said that she had faced cataract surgery and put a drop of oil
in each eye at night and the cataracts cleared up.

Monday, October 1st, I had a yearly eye exam.  Six or seven years ago I had
a "bleeder" in the retina of my right eye.  That is something about which
there is very little that can be done.  It did not clear by itself after a
few years and the doctor recommended laser surgery to drain the blood and
prevent blindness.  By that time the "bleeder" had rerouted but the dried
blood was still there.

The laser surgery had caused me to be unable to see a lot in my right eye
and I could not read with both eyes open.  This is a problem.

The sight had been growing steadily worse and more "cloudy".  I attributed
this to the laser.

During the examination the doctor discovered that there was a dense
cataract.  He said my sight in that eye, though not perfect anyway, could
perhaps be helped by cataract surgery.  I wasn't interested because I don't
use it much anyway.

Then I remembered the lady who had cleared cataracts with flaxseed oil.  I
talked with the doctor about it.  He asked me what literature Ihad read and
I told him that there was no literature but we might be making it.  He is
quite interested and if this works he said he will write it up in a journal
or two, and it it was rejected he would at least write a letter to the
editor.

During the exam I could only make out the big E with my right eye.  Any of
the rest was virtual darkness.  Twelve days after that and regular use of
drops of flax oil in my eye my wife went for new glasses.  They weren't
right and we will go again this week.  However, the technician put the eye
chart on and I can already make out some letters in the next size smaller.
I can now use my right eye alone and read a lot of the TV commercials.  The
"cloud" is still there but seems much less dense.

The technician is also very interested.  She told me that her aunt in Texas
had cleared cataracts with flaxseed oil.  She did not tell me how she had
used it.

If this cataract is cleared I may again be able to read with both eyes open.
I am hardly daring to believe this can be possible, but somewhat excited
nevertheless.

What I have written is not a recommendation.  I do not know what will
happen.  It is simply an account of what has happened.

The Opthamologist has assured me that there can be no danger in doing what I
am doing.  I would say that if any tries this one should use the golden oil
from the top of a bottle before it is mixed up in the case of Lignan Rich
oil.

Regards

Cliff

Re: WALNUT YIELDS

Cliff Beckwith

#48

Hik

That could be part of the reason.  Many trees need all their energy to
mature the fruit or nuts.

If there are no nuts or fruit to mature, then the trees energy goes into
making fruit buds for next year.  This is why trees tend to "aternate" with
heavy crops one year and little the next.

Probably the only connection with this and Omega 3 is that Walnuts do have a
significant amout of Omega 3, as does flax oil, and if a person is young
enough to reap the benefits, or just wants to leave something good for
posterity, planting trees for nuts may be a good way to do it.

Cliff

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-----Original Message-----
From: Miz Judy & Mel <mrjau@...>
To: Flax oil2 <FlaxSeedOil2@...>
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] WALNUT YIELDS

The problem with the Walnut family is that they will leaf out, or flush,
after a few days of warm weather in the spring unless held back by something
like reflecting the heat, and if they leaf out too early the buds will be
caught by later frosts or freezes and there will be no nuts. Then
maybe..this is why some years ours never had walnuts . Or does a walnut tree
only produce every other year really well?

Re: Lignans..Question

Cliff Beckwith

#47

I used that once and it my eye feel a little gritty.

Cliff

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-----Original Message-----
From: Miz Judy & Mel <mrjau@...>
To: Flax oil2 <FlaxSeedOil2@...>
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:48 PM
Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] Lignans..Question

I want to be sure it is bright yellow oil off the top of the bottle before
mixing with the Lignans.CLiff what would the Lingnans do? Harm the eye or
what? Does this make the flaxseed oil gritty.

.Miz Judy

Re: Info that could change your life

oconnor michael

#44

Excellent infor,
Thanks
Michael
--- Cliff Beckwith <spinner@...> wrote:
HI,

I have no doubt that Walnut oil would be very good
for one.  I would
question if a great amount would be available.

As a former member of the Northern Nut Growers
Association and a former
member of the Board of Directors of the Ohio Nut
Growers Association I yield
to no one in my admiration for the Walnut family, 
Black Walnut, Butternut,
Heartnut, Carpathian Walnuts, English Walnuts and
the various Hybrids.

Are you aware that a hundred pounds of dried Black
Walnuts, of the best
varieties that have been discovered, would be worth
about $400.00 if sold in
the little packets in the Super Markets?

Before I sold my place in Ohio and moved South, I
had over 100 of those
trees grafted.  The problem was that in the area and
location where I was
Walnut crops would seldom get by the frostsl--maybe
one year in 10.

Early crafsmen would make gunstocks of Black Walnut
and finish them by
rubbing the kernels of Butternuts on them for the
oil.  It made a beautiful
finish.

If I were young and had the prospect of years ahead,
I would plant a number
of varieties of Carpathian and English Walnuts, as
well as other Walnuts,
and as they grew I would paint the trunks in the
fall after the growing
season with white Latex Paiint.  Do not use oil
based paints as they would
kill the trees.  This way the trunks would not warm
up as early in the
spring and the chances of a crop produced greatly
increased.

The problem with the Walnut family is that they will
leaf out, or flush,
after a few days of warm weather in the spring
unless held back by something
like reflecting the heat, and if they leaf out too
early the buds will be
caught by later frosts or freezes and there will be
no nuts.

I believe that the food value produced per square
foot of soil could be as
great with the good strains of these nut trees as it
could growing anyt hing
else.

I see no point in growing trees just for pretty
leaves when the back of the
yard or otherwise waste areas could grow Walnuts and
get pretty leaves as
well.

However, they also have problems and need spraying
at times for fungus
diseases.

Aren't you thrilled with these little tidbits of
information?

Cliff



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Self-made flaxseed oil?

Joel Agee

#43

A friend asks the following question:  her mother lives in Venezuela,
where refrigerated flaxseed oil  like Barlean's is not available.  Can
she press the oil herself?  She could buy the seeds in the market, put
them in a blender, and use the resultant oil right away.  Is that as
good as using the cold-pressed refrigerated f.s.o.?  Or  is there
another method she could use?

Joel

Re: Flaxseed oil and energy

Joel Agee

#42

Mildred,

I get quark at my local health food store.? The company that produces it is called Hawthorne Valley Farm, a biodynamic and organic farm in New York State.

Joel

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Where are you getting quark?? Mildred
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?I've noticed ever since I began taking flaxseed oil with quark and/or
cottage cheese (1 tbs to 1/4 cup twice a day) that I have more energy,
physical and mental, than I had before.? A friend who began this
regimen recently had the same experience.? IS this true of anyone else
here?
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WALNUT YIELDS

Miz Judy & Mel

#41

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The problem with the Walnut family is that they will leaf out, or flush,
after a few days of warm weather in the spring unless held back by something
like reflecting the heat, and if they leaf out too early the buds will be
caught by later frosts or freezes and there will be no nuts. Then maybe..this is why some years ours never had walnuts . Or does a walnut tree only produce every other year really well?

Lignans..Question

Miz Judy & Mel

#40

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I want to be sure it is bright yellow oil off the top of the bottle before mixing with the Lignans.CLiff what would the Lingnans do? Harm the eye or what? Does this make the flaxseed oil?gritty.

.Miz Judy
?

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Info that could change your life

Cliff Beckwith

#39

HI,

I have no doubt that Walnut oil would be very good for one.  I would
question if a great amount would be available.

As a former member of the Northern Nut Growers Association and a former
member of the Board of Directors of the Ohio Nut Growers Association I yield
to no one in my admiration for the Walnut family,  Black Walnut, Butternut,
Heartnut, Carpathian Walnuts, English Walnuts and the various Hybrids.

Are you aware that a hundred pounds of dried Black Walnuts, of the best
varieties that have been discovered, would be worth about $400.00 if sold in
the little packets in the Super Markets?

Before I sold my place in Ohio and moved South, I had over 100 of those
trees grafted.  The problem was that in the area and location where I was
Walnut crops would seldom get by the frostsl--maybe one year in 10.

Early crafsmen would make gunstocks of Black Walnut and finish them by
rubbing the kernels of Butternuts on them for the oil.  It made a beautiful
finish.

If I were young and had the prospect of years ahead, I would plant a number
of varieties of Carpathian and English Walnuts, as well as other Walnuts,
and as they grew I would paint the trunks in the fall after the growing
season with white Latex Paiint.  Do not use oil based paints as they would
kill the trees.  This way the trunks would not warm up as early in the
spring and the chances of a crop produced greatly increased.

The problem with the Walnut family is that they will leaf out, or flush,
after a few days of warm weather in the spring unless held back by something
like reflecting the heat, and if they leaf out too early the buds will be
caught by later frosts or freezes and there will be no nuts.

I believe that the food value produced per square foot of soil could be as
great with the good strains of these nut trees as it could growing anyt hing
else.

I see no point in growing trees just for pretty leaves when the back of the
yard or otherwise waste areas could grow Walnuts and get pretty leaves as
well.

However, they also have problems and need spraying at times for fungus
diseases.

Aren't you thrilled with these little tidbits of information?

Cliff

Re: Flaxseed oil and energy

Mildred Robinson

#37

Where are you getting quark?? Mildred

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To: FlaxSeedOil2@...

Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] Flaxseed oil and energy

?
I've noticed ever since I began taking flaxseed oil with quark and/or
cottage cheese (1 tbs to 1/4 cup twice a day) that I have more energy,
physical and mental, than I had before.? A friend who began this
regimen recently had the same experience.? IS this true of anyone else
here?

Joel

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Cataracts

Cliff Beckwith

#38

Hi,

There are no guidelines here.  On Monday, Oct 1, when I had my examination,
I was telling my Opthamologist what I was doing and he asked me what
literature I had read.  I told him none; that we wer making it.

He seems quite interested and assured me there could be not danger, though I
want to be sure it is bright yellow oil off the top of the bottle before
mixing with the Lignans.

It may be wishful thinking, but I have put a drop in each eye at night, and
sometimes a little more in the eye with the cataract, and in 15 days there
seems to be a noticeable improvement in what I can see.

Cliff

Re: MSM?

[email protected]

#36

At 11:10 PM 10/15/2001 -0500, you wrote:

How bout using the nuts with MSM? Would that be enough sulpher content?

Good question! Considering the fact that MSM IS sulphur I suspect it would be enough (it certainly contains far more sulphur than cottage cheese).? However, is it the CORRECT kind of sulphur for this purpose?

Re: nuts

oconnor michael

#35

Cliff,

Being a Type II diabetic, I discovered that Walnuts,
which I love, do not cause my Blood Sugar Level to go
up. A great snack for me, Now you say strong source of
Omega 3....Wonderful, anything other good things that
you know of about walnuts.
Thanks alot
Michael
--- Cliff Beckwith <spinner@...> wrote:
I know that walnuts are a strong source of Omega 3
fatty acid.

If there were any question, and a person did not
want to use cottage cheese,
it might be well to get Companion Nutrients from
Nature's Distributors in
arizona and add a capsule per tablespoon of Flax
Oil.

It could very well make the oil more effective. 
They are not expensive.
They are cheaper than cottage cheese.

I would question whether the nuts alone would
provide the needed sulfur
based proteins.

Cliff


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Re: using nuts

william falls

#34

Thanks, I will try it.Lorie

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Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [FlaxSeedOil2] using nuts

As a vegetarian I mix my flax oil with spirulina powder. Spirulina has
sulphur-based amino acids in its high protein profile.
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MSM?

william falls

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How bout using the nuts with MSM? Would that be enough sulpher content? thanks, Lorie and I will be looking into the Companion Nutrients.... thanks, Lorie

Re: hello

Miz Judy & Mel

#32

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okay it is here

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Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] hello

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Re: lowfat quark?

Joel Agee

#31

Carolyn,

Now all my questions about how to do this procedure are answered.? Thanks for that.? But this leaves? me with still one more question: is the final product cottage cheese or quark?? They'renot the same thing, to my mind and palate.

Joel

ckreibich@... wrote:

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In a message dated 10/15/01 4:16:04 PM Central Daylight Time, lorenzo1@... writes:
?
?
We made the Quark or Cottage cheese from raw milk.?? I suspect if you try to
make it from pasteurized milk you may need a starter culture.

I make it from pasteurized skim milk and I do NOT use a starter culture. All I do is put the organic skim milk in a pan when I get home from the grocery store, cover the pan, and let it sit for 48 hours. Then I slightly heat it which speeds up the separation of the curds and the whey, scoop it into a strainer to let it drip, pour off the whey, and refrigerate the cottage cheese/quark.
Carolyn
?

Re: lowfat quark?

Joel Agee

#29

?

Lorenzo wrote:

We made the Quark or Cottage cheese from raw milk.?? I suspect if you try to
make it from pasteurized milk you may need a starter culture.

Yes, that makes sense.? Not much chance of finding raw milk anywhere around where I live.? Any suggestions for a starter culture?? No? idea how? this is done.

? We had a
response from Germany (Patrick)? who said they make Quark from raw milk.? On
the farm I lived on as a child we had our Cows tested for disease and we
drank the milk raw.? I drank it while milking.?? It tasted so good that I
never liked pasteurized milk.

I've drunk raw milk and I agree it's delicious.

?Just buy cottage cheese from the store.

I do that -- it's just that I so much prefer the taste and consistency of Quark!? (It also? masks the taste of the oil more than cottage cheese.)

?
Also milk fat or butterfat is on the list of beneficial fats as it has a
little omega 3 in it.??? The bad fats are trans fats, and fats from grain
fed animals.? Most low fat foods have too much added sugar.
Best Regards,?? Lorenzo

Thanks,
Joel

Re: lowfat quark?

Lorenzo

#28

We made the Quark or Cottage cheese from raw milk.   I suspect if you try to
make it from pasteurized milk you may need a starter culture.   We had a
response from Germany (Patrick)  who said they make Quark from raw milk.  On
the farm I lived on as a child we had our Cows tested for disease and we
drank the milk raw.  I drank it while milking.   It tasted so good that I
never liked pasteurized milk.   Just buy cottage cheese from the store.
Also milk fat or butterfat is on the list of beneficial fats as it has a
little omega 3 in it.    The bad fats are trans fats, and fats from grain
fed animals.  Most low fat foods have too much added sugar.

Best Regards,   Lorenzo

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Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [FlaxSeedOil2] lowfat quark?

Lorenzo,

That sounds so simple!  I'll try it.  But let me be sure I understand
this: is Quark the same thing as curd?  I.e. the curd of skim milk =
low-fat quark?
Joel

Lorenzo wrote:

Hey Joel,

My Mother always made Quark from all the skim milk on the farm that we
could
not sell.   She just let it sit overnight in a large shallow pan,  and
took
the quark off the next morning to feed us kids and the chickens.  If
you
give even skim milk to the hens they will quit laying so we made it
into
Quark and then they got it--we threw the whey away unless we had pig
to eat
it.

Best Regards,   Lorenzo

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Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 7:34 PM
Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] lowfat quark?

I've been taking a tbs flaxseed oil with a quarter cup of quark(which
I find delicious).  I'm a little concerned about the high fatcontent
of the quark and would like to substitute a low-fat kind if I could
find it. Can anyone assist me in this?

Joel

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Lorenzo,
That sounds so simple!  I'll try it.  But let me be sure I understandthis: is Quark the same thing as curd?  I.e. the curd of skim milk = low-fat
quark?
Joel

Lorenzo wrote:

  Hey Joel,
  My Mother always made Quark from all the skim milk on the farm that wecould
  not sell.   She just let it sit overnight in a large shallow pan,  andtook
  the quark off the next morning to feed us kids and the chickens.  If you
  give even skim milk to the hens they will quit laying so we made it into
  Quark and then they got it--we threw the whey away unless we had pig toeat
  it.

  Best Regards,   Lorenzo

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  > of the quark and would like to substitute a low-fat kind if I could
  > find it. Can anyone assist me in this?
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Re: nuts

william falls

#26

Thanks! What is Natures distributers web address or email #? thanks, Lorie

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Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] nuts

I know that walnuts are a strong source of Omega 3 fatty acid.

If there were any question, and a person did not want to use cottagecheese,
it might be well to get Companion Nutrients from Nature's Distributors in
arizona and add a capsule per tablespoon of Flax Oil.

It could very well make the oil more effective.  They are not expensive.
They are cheaper than cottage cheese.

I would question whether the nuts alone would provide the needed sulfur
based proteins.

Cliff

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