Re: Vital choice Salmon Oil vs. CLO ?

[Guest guest]

I believe the concern with all fish oils, FCLO included, is that they are very

high in omega series PUFAs. So while small amounts are fine and can provide very

important A/D, too much of a good thing is not better. Even Dr. Price was

concerned about taking too much.

The fish oil market has transitioned away from A/D towards omega series

PUFAs--which we feel is a big mistake.

I would say that what you are doing is better than doing nothing at all. That

you should limit the total daily intake so as not to take in too much omega

series PUFAs and try to get some good old fashioned FCLO if you can.

Lastly, keep in mind that most of the people Dr. Price studied didn't take CLO.

So there are other alternative sources of A/D. (pastured liver and lard for

example)

Good Luck,

>

> Hi all,

>

> Has any one tried the Vital Choice Sockeye Salmon oil ?

>

> http://www.vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=126 & idcategory=239

>

> How does it compare, health wise, to CLO ?

>

> I've been giving my 3.5 yr old daughter Garden of Life CLO (I remember reading

in the " Wise Traditions " magazine 2 yrs ago that Garden of Life, along with

Green Pasture, was one of the few brands that do not molecularly distill or

deodorize their CLO).

>

> However, the Vit. D content in this CLO is too less (200 IU per tsp.) and I

feel the ratio of Vit. A to Vit. D is too high. I have been supplementing it

with a few drops of Vit. D3.

>

> thanks,

> Suman.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for the response.

I have to say I am confused in this matter.

I think my new question is how much Omega-3 and Vit. A/D are optimally required

?

I use the Garden of Life CLO (my 3 yr old finds the FCLO too strong for taste).

Their website says they do not deodorize or bleach their CLO and that it

contains the naturally occurring A & D.

I give her 1.5 teaspoons of it, which gives her about 7,500 IU of Vit. A and 300

IU of Vit.D. To this I add Vit. D drops to make the Vit. D about 1600 IU.

It also gives her 1,443 mg (or 1.44 g) of Omega-3's.

Is this ok or is this too much of Omega-3 and Vit. A/D.

I have to add that she does not get sunshine daily (it's getting cold in the bay

area).

Thanks,

Suman.

From: paulsonntagericson <paulsonntagericson@...>

Subject: Re: Vital choice Salmon Oil vs. CLO ?

Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 7:07 AM

 

I believe the concern with all fish oils, FCLO included, is that they are

very high in omega series PUFAs. So while small amounts are fine and can provide

very important A/D, too much of a good thing is not better. Even Dr. Price was

concerned about taking too much.

The fish oil market has transitioned away from A/D towards omega series

PUFAs--which we feel is a big mistake.

I would say that what you are doing is better than doing nothing at all. That

you should limit the total daily intake so as not to take in too much omega

series PUFAs and try to get some good old fashioned FCLO if you can.

Lastly, keep in mind that most of the people Dr. Price studied didn't take CLO.

So there are other alternative sources of A/D. (pastured liver and lard for

example)

Good Luck,

>

> Hi all,

>

> Has any one tried the Vital Choice Sockeye Salmon oil ?

>

> http://www.vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=126 & idcategory=239

>

> How does it compare, health wise, to CLO ?

>

> I've been giving my 3.5 yr old daughter Garden of Life CLO (I remember reading

in the " Wise Traditions " magazine 2 yrs ago that Garden of Life, along with

Green Pasture, was one of the few brands that do not molecularly distill or

deodorize their CLO).

>

> However, the Vit. D content in this CLO is too less (200 IU per tsp.) and I

feel the ratio of Vit. A to Vit. D is too high. I have been supplementing it

with a few drops of Vit. D3.

>

> thanks,

> Suman.

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi ,

> Thanks for the response.

> I have to say I am confused in this matter.

> I think my new question is how much Omega-3 and Vit. A/D are

> optimally required

Here is a list of articles on cod liver oil:

http://www.westonaprice.org/cod-liver-oil.html

Vitamin A/D recommendations are here:

http://www.westonaprice.org/cod-liver-oil/238.html

As for omega-3, it's important to realize that the majority of the hype around

omega-3 is related to the fact that most people have un-naturally high intakes

of omega-6. In other words, if your omega-6 intake is low your need for omega-3

is low as well.

Also, there is actually not a lot of good, long term, data on the health effects

of high omega-3 intake (good or bad). So despite all the hype, it's premature to

start taking large amounts of omega-3.

If you take fish oil, it should be high vitamin (A/D) oil and you shouldn't

worry about omega-3. I definitely wouldn't take low vitamin fish oil for it's

omega-3 content.

Cheers,