Cod Liver Oil - pure enough? 
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Some brands of CLO claim to have "non-detectable" amounts of mercury, pesticides. etc... is it still ok to consume it? I don't eat tuna or any other seafood because of pollutants, so I am sceptical about CLO.
I don't trust most claims of purity as they don't usually make sense to me. I mean, like they would throw out a day's batch of CLO if they found traces of mercury or PCB's? I doubt it. Surely the shift manager at the processing plant would get fired. Have they EVER "detected" levels in the fish they process? I doubt it. And I doubt all of the fish they catch are pollutant free, so it doesn't add up.
And wouldn't the cod's liver contain more pollutants than the fat and muscles, since the liver filters the stuff out of the blood? And what is "non-detectable"? By who's standards?
Anyway... is CLO safe enough to take on a daily basis?
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- Re: Cod Liver Oil - pure enough? wrenn
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MoreThis is a reply to # 358,197I don't ingest anything to do with fish or fish oils period/
aside from the mercury potential,
there is also the pollutant issue,
dioxin and cadmium issues as well.
If you are ingesting fish oil for essential fatty acids,
(Omega 3 and 6)
you can get that in a far heathier way simply by grinding
your own flaxseed and hempseed, and shaking some of that
on foods you ingest.
good protein content, fiber, and efa's
for mere pennies really.
see link below to see where I get mine from
and some other links as well to learn about benefits.
//www.curezone.org/blogs/m.asp?f=78&i=74
Love,
Ami Joi Benton
Curezone Team Member
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- Re: Cod Liver Oil - pure enough? #21676
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- hand ground seed are better. n/m wrenn 18 y 1,279
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- Re: Cod Liver Oil - pure enough? boronia
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This is a reply to # 358,197I would avoid regular shop bought brands of cod liver oil. You could try Nordic Naturals. Their oils are molecularly distilled so supposedly much less risk of toxic metals though with all cod liver oils I suppose there may be some small trace. I know people who are quite mercury toxic who take NN CLO.
From what I've heard NN seem to test down to a lower level than other brands, are more transparent in terms of their testing and are 3rd party tested....
http://www.nordicnaturals.com/images/pdfs/3rdpartytests.pdf
Also I've heard that Twinlabs CLO is of a similar quality.
Anne
- Re: Cod Liver Oil - pure enough? #21676
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This is a reply to # 358,205Thanks for the info. I emailed a few companies about their testing procedures so I'll see about that too. Good info there in that link.
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- Re: Cod Liver Oil - pure enough? Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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This is a reply to # 358,197Hi!
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This is a reply to # 358,240Sounds interesting - where do you buy your krill oil? Does it come in pill or liquid form?
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