Re: cod liver oil

[Guest guest]

Interesting. Dr. Mercola had similar things to say about cod liver oil. The

differences in brands is the processing. Some are synthetic and some are

natural. I take Green Pastures Fermented Cod Liver Oil at the recommendation of

Weston A. Price and he said that we need the vitamin A. People have taken CLO

for many years and the synthetics have only been around for a short time. Maybe

that's the problem. The ratio of D to A is off in the brands the doctor who

wrote this newsletter listed. I need to investigate this some more!

Incidentally, Dr. Cannell sells multivitamins in competition with the brands he

admonishes. I don't think multis are so great. They are one size fits all and

we are not the same size.

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> I just got this by email a couple days ago from the Vit D Council, and found

it interesting. And I agree, no such thing as an average MS person!

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> Crystal

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, Vitamin A is also on the recommended supplement list for BBD, but it's not

something I ever added to my regimen. I did recently finish a bottle of Country

Life's cod liver oil myself, while I was looking for another brand of fish oil

since Bluebonnet started adding the soy-based vitamin E.

It sounds like this is similar to the theory of making sure you have the proper

ratio of Omega 3, 6, and 9. I don't know about you, but I invest a lot of time

& energy into this MS stuff already, so I try to employ K.I.S.S. as much as

possible. I'm beginning to believe that the devil's in the details.

Crystal

> I take Green Pastures Fermented Cod Liver Oil at the recommendation of Weston

A. Price and he said that we need the vitamin A. People have taken CLO for many

years and the synthetics have only been around for a short time. Maybe that's

the problem. The ratio of D to A is off in the brands the doctor who wrote this

newsletter listed. I need to investigate this some more!

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[Guest guest]

That's why I did the hair mineral analysis. I got fed up with guessing what I

need. It's much easier and is far less expensive now. I don't buy as many

bottles of stuff anymore. I quit taking supplements for awhile a few years ago

but I somehow migrated back to them with a vengeance! I still prefer to get

nutrition from food but that isn't always enough. I'm more selective based on

the test results.

I invest a lot of time & energy into this MS stuff already, so I try to employ

K.I.S.S. as much as possible. I'm beginning to believe that the devil's in the

details.

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> Crystal

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[Guest guest]

This confuses me. (Usually doesn't take much!) I am hypothyroid, and we don't

convert carotenes to vitamin A very well. Plus, I have weak lungs and I find

the vit. A helps them. I am not as prone to respiratory illnesses when I take

the A. Plus, I think about the Eskimoes, who, before recent times, ate the

organs of the animals and fish they killed for food, including the liver, and

they didn't have ANY cancers (before modern foods took hold).

So I don't really know what to think.

Beverly

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> So it is not just autistic children that are being harmed by vitamin A. Avoid

cod liver oil like the poison it is and check your multivitamins. Life Extension

Foundation just reformulated their multivitamin to contain only 500 IU of

preformed retinol. And, I am happy to report that Purity Products, which markets

my vitamin D, has no preformed retinol at all in any of their multivitamins,

only beta carotene. Purity has also stopped selling cod liver oil. Now, if only

Carlson, Solgar, Nature's Way, and other companies would stop selling cod liver

oil and stop selling their concentrated vitamin A supplements to a country whose

problem is widespread sub-clinical vitamin A toxicity, I'd be a happier

agitator.

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> Cannell, MD

> Executive Director

> Vitamin D Council

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