hey amo, generally Flax comes in many kinds of ways, but they are all the same flax, the difference would be is the concentration of the Flax. Flax seed meal, flax seed oil(flax oil), etc. For example, Flax seed meal(grounded) 2 table spoon have a concentrate of 3g(which I believe is the recommended concentration). Flax seed pills have a less Flax content on each pill, hence the reason why you would need to take more than 1 pill. Flax seed oil does not have the fiber that you get like the flax seed meal, but all contains omega 3 fatty acids(in ALA fom). Hope that helps.