Re: Re: Fw: Iodine in Carlson's Cod Liver Oil

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From the way she said, "There is no iodine in Carlson's Cod Liver Oil. It is tested free of iodine", I got the sense that they had deliberately removed the iodine from their cod liver oil. They probably belong to the mind set that it is easy to overdose on iodine. I've written back to her to ask about this, and I'll let you know if she responds.

Is Carlson's one of the companies that replaces the natural Vitamin A and D with the synthetic forms?

Cod liver oil is sure not what it used to be....

Zoe

> I just received this response to my question about iodine in Calrson's Cod Liver Oil. I was quite surprised to hear her say there is NO iodine in their oil. Zoe> Huh. That is strange. I wonder where it goes? My first thought was that Carlson's removes a lot of the vitamin A and I wondered if the iodine is inadvertantly removed with the vitamin A. But then I remembered that they put the vitamin A and D in capsules and sell them separately. I've never had a problem taking large amounts of their A or D derived from cod liver oil so I don't think iodine goes there. Carlson's say they separate the A and D, then add a certain amount of A and D back to the clo in order to standard levels of A and D. It's my understanding that they separate the A from the D so maybe some goodies llke iodine are discarded during all the separating? But the way Carlson's talked, their process seems pretty standard and I would think Solgar and some of the other brands would also have no iodine.Cara