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Baby aspirin was overdone too. Interestingly, the fish oil hype cycle has a much longer timeline if you consider the popularity of cod liver oil once upon a tim
by sbayg 3mo ago
Baby aspirin was overdone too. Interestingly, the fish oil hype cycle has a much longer timeline if you consider the popularity of cod liver oil once upon a time.
- nostromo 3mo agoCod liver oil wasn't hype, it was needed in norther climates to prevent rickets. It was taken for its Vitamin D, not for its omega 3s.
- jrumbut 3mo agoThey used it for both and as a source of vitamin A and whatever other nutrients are in it. They used it for everything. There is an episode of I Love Lucy where a recipe for homemade baby formula is described which includes cod liver oil. In a lot of things it was pretty good at what they used it for though, that does continue to be true.