Re: Cod Liver Oil: The Number One Superfood

DZ wrote:
> 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.

Commercial cod liver oils are not natural. The vitamin A content is 
stabilized by adding even more vitamin A.

> "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.

Exactly.

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Juhana

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