TC <tunderbar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Juhana Harju" wrote:
>> High intake of retinol (vitamin A) is associated with reduced bone
>> mineral density, increased fracture risk and osteo****osis. The fact
>> that cod liver oil is also a good source of vitamin D does not
>> mitigate the harmful effects of vitamin A.
>
> Any adverse effects ascribed to any of the oil soluble vitamins were
> found only when using the refined and highly processed single
> vitamins. NOT VITAMINS FROM FOOD SOURCES like fish liver oil. You
> are not being accurate when you say that these vitamins have adverse
> effects at higher levels of intake when they are gotten from fish
> liver oils. Only the highly processed single vitamin vitamins
> caused the adverse effects. Vitamins gotten from whole food sources
> like cod liver can be ingested in very large amounts without adverse
> effects. Please stop confusing the issues with your lack of
> knowledge of the topic. You are perptuating a FRAUD.
"As early as 1857 acute illness had been described by arctic explorers
following the ingestion of polar bear liver. Elisha Kane mentioned
'vertigo, diarrhea, and their concomitants' as the aftermath of eating
this food. Jackson in 1899 mentioned that many arctic explorers of
that period knew of the poisonous qualities of polar bear liver. It
was not until 1942, however, that the toxic substance in polar bear
liver was identified by Rodahl and Moore as being vitamin A."
(Gerber et al 1954 Vitamin A poisoning in adults. The American Journal
of Medicine 16: 729-745)
The paper goes on describing vitamin A cases of poisoning from eating
shark liver, and from ingesting cod liver oil.
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