Re: Mercola says don't take cod liver oil!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Yes, let's talk about this. What does everybody think about Mercola's

new take on cod liver oil?

[Guest guest]

I personally find this hard to believe. He states, " After reviewing the

evidence, I am personally convinced that there is sufficient vitamin A

in the current American diet to facilitate sufficient vitamin D

activation. "

I guess the real question might be, what American diet is her referring

to? I just created a cookbook that was a compilation of recipes from my

entire neighborhood, 50 to be exact. It gave me incredible insight into

how my neighbors, average Americans, are eating and I'll tell you, real

nutrients was sparse.

Knowing how the average American eats, I don't see it, but I'm not the

expert. The other thing we're not hearing here is who funded the

studies?

The other point of discussion was multi-vitamins. I don't really know

anyone taking them do you? I mean outside of the trad foods community

taking supplements, do you know many people running to the store for

their One a Day?

Thoughts?

Taiha Wagner

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/12/23/important-

cod-liver-oil-update.aspx

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[Guest guest]

Well, on the one hand I'm the first to encourage change if need be, I am also

very careful to look at who benefits from that change. If Dr Mercola didn't sell

Krill Oil or whatever his new alternative is now, I'd be more likely to believe

his claims. I find it very convenient for him that he just happens to carry the

" best " solution. I will be reading more on this myself, preferably from more

objective and varied sources.

Susie

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Yes, let's talk about this. What does everybody think about Mercola's

new take on cod liver oil?

[Guest guest]

Oy vey. The only people panicking about this scare about vitamin A levels in CLO

are those

who are not members of WAPF or those who haven't reviewed the studies in our own

database. Whenever one of these perennial issues comes up, always first check

the ARCHIVES

because it's probably been discussed quite a bit before. I just checked and

there are about

250 posts about CLO over the years, many putting this Vitamin A rumor to rest.

This issue has been around the block for years and the scares were proven to be

just that.

Also, remember that Dr. Mercola is not only brilliant (the good part) but he's

also the

reincarnation of P. T. Barnham. He's an amazing salesman!

This clip from our DATABASE on CLO:

this talks about the Vitamin A in cod liver oil

http://www.westonaprice.org/federalupdate/aa2008/21jul08.html

go to the section entitled Practical Aspects for info on fish oils

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/codliveroil.html

Will Winter

[Guest guest]

in my opinion he has lost all credibility. he has changed his opinion 3-4 times

in two

years. each time the opinion change had to do with directing traffic to his

fish oil/krill oil.

he almost points to the real problem (industrialization of one of our sacred

foods...just like

milk) but then directs the conversation that all clo is bad and buy my krill

oil. he twists

his reasoning to fit his mode of sales. this is not proper nor ethical.

especially when so

many people look up to him for advise.

he even goes as far as to say that 'omega 3's' are essential 'nutrients' / it

is not the fats

that are the real nutrients but they are part of the puzzle. the fats bind

hormone,nutrient,co-factor, vitamins, quinones together for proper nourishing of

our

bodies. the fats are the carriers not the 'essential nutrients'. but when

these fish oils are

made the nutrients are destroyed. he at least recognizes that the fish oils

have no

vitamins/nutrients other than a few fatty acids.

fish oils do not have real nutrients to discuss so he can't tell the real story

as it will not fit

his sales mode

dave

[Guest guest]

I wonder....my 3 year old daughter woke up on Oct 30th and couldn't

walk due to muscle weakness in her lower extremities. After a lot of

testing, the only thing that was off was a slightly high vitamin A

level. We went through a lot and got no real answers, but it does make

me wonder...was high vitamin A the cause? She can walk now. She

regained strength in her legs over a few weeks after we cut down on

the CLO.

fyi - we tested for fat soluble vitamins because she had been taking

double the recommended dose of nordic naturals cod liver oil capsules

for kids due to gut inflammation. The chiropractor told us CLO

decreased gut inflammation and put her on a high dose. What we didn't

realize was that she was getting way, way too much vitamin A.

This is only anecdotal evidence, but is supports Dr. Mercola's claim.

[Guest guest]

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> This is only anecdotal evidence, but is supports Dr. Mercola's claim.

Mercola struggled to make any claim. he used to discuss vitamin D poisoning

for the

reason to take his fish oil rather than clo, now it is vitamin A poisoning. he

saw an

opportunity to grab ahold of the vitamin D councils news letter and jumped on

the

bandwagon.

he almost made a valid claim. he started off discussing that 'most clo' are

issues and the

industrialization of this sacred food is a problem.

the crux of the issue is he is missleading people. it is not vitamin A that is

the issue? and

it is not vitamin D as the answer. nor is it nutrientless fish oil as the

answer. although he

tries to discuss omega 3 fats as nutrients which they really are not.

he does know/understand that it is not all clo's as shown in the opinion paper

he wrote.

but rather than discuss the real issue and disclose that some clo's are

fantastic he jumps

over the truth to support his claim that people should take his nutrientless

fish oil. this is

wrong and not proper/ethical. many people lookup to him for unbiased opinions

on these

types of issues. and many people will not understand that his opinion is biased

and self

serving. rather than serving the people.

most here (and mercola) would agree that synthetic nutrients are not proper and

issues

can arise from consistent use of them.