Just remember that it all has to do with quantities... I'm consuming between 2 and 5 tablespoons of ground flax seeds per day... It's easier to consume it in soups, since the mucilage in the flax causes a pasty thickening (absorbs around 10 times its weight in water)...
That's wonderful to hear about the J-Pouch athletes. I've reached a point in my life that I've GOTTA do it at all costs... "it"? Whatever it takes, be it running (injuries cause dampers), bicycling (if I could get a good bike like I had in NYC), rapid walking (not to confuse with speed walking, since I don't like the unnatural hip movement... hiking or stationary aerobics. I've got the research and information for the eating style. The question is the exercise that compliments the eating. As for understanding the J-Pouch and what the future holds with the J-Pouch... it seems that the experts really aren't experts. So, we've gotta be patient living greatly within our own very personal trial and error experiment...
But, speaking of Flax and trial and error... why are the J-Pouchers talking so much about over-the-counter drugs like Metamucil or whatever else thickens their stools if Flax seeds does the same thing but naturally, while supplying a great source of Omega 3, soluable fiber and Lignans?
Ross