Ground flaxseed and cyanide

Reminds me of when I had just bought a Vitamix blender, which has the power of 6 jumbo jets (or at least sounds like it does) and bought up half the local greengrocer to make smoothies. My son, who was about 10 at the time and a dab hand in the kitchen (for anyone who fancies reporting me to the RSPCC, I home educated him for 4 years, postcode available on request), wanted to have a go and make me a surprise smoothie, as I had done a few times for him. It was a fun game - as we drank we would try to work out by taste all the ingredients that the other person had included. When he gave me the glass to drink, the first thing I noticed was a very gritty texture. Took me a long time to identify all the ingredients, but towards the end of the glass I discovered he had put whole peaches in, stones and all. Spent the next 48 hours wondering if we would live or die.

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The article seems to be written now. https://huel.com/pages/flaxseed-overview-of-health-benefits-recommended-intake-and-caution

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