Re: funny thing about fish oil

[Guest guest]

Hi JW:

That's another problem with these supplements. Little pills and

little capsules, they could be made of ANYTHING and we'd never know

the difference.

It requires a little more effort to fake a fish.

Rodney.

--- In , " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

wrote:

> I keep my large canister of FO in the frig at 40 deg. This morning

I see in the caps, something that looks like solidified grease.

Something you'd see if you put oil you fried meat in into the frig.

Not much maybe 5%.

> Realizing those fish are supposed to swim in water like 40 deg, it

surprises me anything would solidify.

>

> Someone's spiking the FO with 5% lard (ha)?

>

> Regards.

[Guest guest]

Solids in cold fish oil at 40 degrees may be perfectly natural. Cod

liver oil, for example, has 8% myristic acid (C14:0) and 17% palmitic

acid (C16:0). Cow butterfat, by contrast, has 11%, and 27% of these

two saturated fatty acids, respectively.

We know that butter is solid in the refrigerator, so why not the

saturated portion of the fish oil?

Tony

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From: " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

Date: Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:59 am

Subject: funny thing about fish oil

I keep my large canister of FO in the frig at 40 deg. This morning I

see in the caps, something that looks like solidified grease.

Something you'd see if you put oil you fried meat in into the frig.

Not much maybe 5%. Realizing those fish are supposed to swim in water

like 40 deg, it surprises me anything would solidify.

Someone's spiking the FO with 5% lard (ha)?

>>>

[Guest guest]

JW,

I found a link to " Salmon Oil " fatty acid profile:

http://www.brownwoodacres.com/express2.htm

According to the detailed analysis, salmon oil has:

4.9% myristic C14:0, 18.5% palmitic C16:0, and 2.4% stearic C18:0 (or

about 26% saturated fatty acids). This is not too far off the

percentages for cod liver oil. The saturated fatty acids are probably

responsible for the clouding or solids that you see in the

refrigerated capsules.

Tony Zamora

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From: " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

Date: Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:02 pm

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: funny thing about fish oil

The fish oil is purified to a standard and cholesterol,eg, is removed.

I never thought I'd be able to see any solids. It's certainly not the

% of 14:0 and 16:0 (25%), so maybe they don't get it all.

BTW, " salmon oil " is not as high as cod liver oil. Maybe cod has a

warm liver.

Regards.

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From: citpeks

Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 1:26 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: funny thing about fish oil

Solids in cold fish oil at 40 degrees may be perfectly natural. Cod

liver oil, for example, has 8% myristic acid (C14:0) and 17% palmitic

acid (C16:0). Cow butterfat, by contrast, has 11%, and 27% of these

two saturated fatty acids, respectively.