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

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Dear Zoe, Do you consume Carlson's cod liver oil? According to Dr. Bruce Fife (the VCO expert) it is highly processed and it contains fish oils other than cod liver oil and has had some vitamins removed (vitamin A)and some added (synthetic vitamin D). He recommend the one sold by Wilderness Family Naturals. Love, PamelaZoe & <ZOEA@...> wrote: 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 Iodine in Cod Liver Oil Dear Zoe: In answer to your question, there is no iodine in Carlson's Cod Liver Oil. It is tested free of iodine. Sincerely, Eileen Customer Service

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> 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

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> Zoe,

> I don't know for sure but I would be suspicious of that since

> Carlson's CLO is not listed on the Weston A Price 2006 shopping

guide

> for Best supplements. I know the WAPF has researched manufacture

of

> CLOs extensively - I can only image if Carlson's was doing it

right

> they would be on the list.

>

> http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/codliver-manufacture.html

>

> Sharon

Right, the WAPF removed Carlson's from the recommended sources a

year or two ago because Carlson's started removing the vitamin A

(which, of course, is one of the main reasons to take clo). To get

the WAPF-recommended dosage of vitmin A using Carlson's, you would

have to take something like 12 tbsp per day! That dosage would be

dangerously high in pufa's and vitman D. Carlson's tests free of

mercury and other contaminants, so they'd be okay if they would just

leave the vitamin A and D in there.

Cara

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This is NOT true. I have tested it myself.