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Wow, this is amazing. My parents use to give me 2 or 3 capsules of cod liver oil daily growing up (since I was 4 or 5). I didn't know realize it had such a huge
by winter_blue 6y ago
Wow, this is amazing. My parents use to give me 2 or 3 capsules of cod liver oil daily growing up (since I was 4 or 5). I didn't know realize it had such a huge health benefit. The other daily supplement I took was liquid Feroglobin, an iron supplement.
I'm feeling thankful that they were so health-conscious.
- noja 6y agoHow is cod liver oil made? Is it extracted from cods livers? :) If yes, is there a risk of heavy metal poisoning?
- wolco 6y agoYes this is one of the reasons why many avoid. The other is the high vit A (4500 per spoon fill) which interfears with vit d.
- amelius 6y agoI've read stories that they just dump fish remnants in a large pot with boiling water and scrape the oil from the top. But it may be FUD spread by the more expensive brands.
- Someone 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_liver_oil#Manufacture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_liver_oil#Manufacture. And the liver is a filter, so heavy metals and PCBs do accumulate there, yes. I wouldn’t know whether that is a big concern.
- eitland 6y agoI used to get cod liver oil as well: a spoonful a day in the morning, served with half a glass of orange juice for vitamin C and to get rid of the taste :-@ It only helped so much, here I am, just a software engineer, not a millionaire yet :-p
- vixen99 6y agoMany formulations now contain lemon oil which really does (for me at least) completely mask the totally disgusting (for me) taste of cod liver oil. Worth a try for those who can't stand it otherwise.