In a message dated 4/30/00 3:02:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bread-bakers-errors@lists.best.com writes:
> However, I found that after a few weeks of eating this bread regularly I
> was getting some stomach cramping, and I do not have a sensitive stomach.
> I cut back to only 1/4 cup of flax seeds per loaf and the problem went
> away.
>
> One difference that might be important: Kathleen grinds the flaxseeds,
> whereas I like the looks of the little brown seeds throughout the bread.
> This might explain my reaction, but I have also read of flaxseed
> causing cramps. If people make this bread often, they
> might want to be on guard.
flaxseed is used as a "natural laxative" so that's probably what caused the
problem - the increased fiber in the gut with cause intestinal cramping...
Robin