Re: cod liver oil alternative

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>>>The best alternative to cod liver oil is shark liver oil.

---->there is also halibut liver oil. Natural Factors brand HLO has double

the vits A and D than their CLO. (this is the brand of CLO and fish oil i

take, btw). but i don't know if it has alkylglycerols, or *high*

alkylglycerol content, like some shark liver oil.

I used to give shark liver oil to my min pin with cancer, but I haven't

tried the halibut liver oil.

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Does SLO have the mercury levels that cod and halibut have?

A recent article on seafood I have here suggests to cut back on Halibut, King

Mackerel, Sea Bass, Shark, Tilefish, Tuna, and choose more of: Blue Crab,

Haddock, Wild Pacific Salmon, Sardines, Scallops, Sole and farmed trout. (cod is

not on this l list as it has been overfished) They found from blood samples of

89 regular fish eaters to have mercury levels almost 3x higher than that

recommended by the EPA.

----- Original Message -----

From: Suze Fisher

Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:03 PM

Subject: RE: cod liver oil alternative

>>>The best alternative to cod liver oil is shark liver oil.

---->there is also halibut liver oil. Natural Factors brand HLO has double

the vits A and D than their CLO. (this is the brand of CLO and fish oil i

take, btw). but i don't know if it has alkylglycerols, or *high*

alkylglycerol content, like some shark liver oil.

I used to give shark liver oil to my min pin with cancer, but I haven't

tried the halibut liver oil.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

mailto:s.fisher22@...

[Guest guest]

>>>>Does SLO have the mercury levels that cod and halibut have?

A recent article on seafood I have here suggests to cut back on Halibut,

King Mackerel, Sea Bass, Shark, Tilefish, Tuna, and choose more of: Blue

Crab, Haddock, Wild Pacific Salmon, Sardines, Scallops, Sole and farmed

trout. (cod is not on this l list as it has been overfished) They found from

blood samples of 89 regular fish eaters to have mercury levels almost 3x

higher than that recommended by the EPA.

------->Eating the fish is different from eating its oil IF it's been

moleculary distilled. there may be other highly effective low heat

distillation processes out there that i'm not aware of, but i think

molecular distillation is the gold standard (or at least it used to be in

recent years) for processing fish oils. AFAIK, this process essentially

reduces toxins to nil (or close to it) in the oil. i know natural factors

uses it, zone perfect uses it and thorne research uses it. i don't know if

carlson's does...maybe someone else knows. (natural factors *batch* tests

their fish oils for a number of things from contaminants to peroxide level

to nutrient content.)

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

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[Guest guest]

>A recent article on seafood I have here suggests to cut back on Halibut,

>King Mackerel, Sea Bass, Shark, Tilefish, Tuna, and choose more of: Blue

>Crab, Haddock, Wild Pacific Salmon, Sardines, Scallops, Sole and farmed

>trout. (cod is not on this l list as it has been overfished) They found from

>blood samples of 89 regular fish eaters to have mercury levels almost 3x

>higher than that recommended by the EPA.

Lately one of my favorite snacks has been " baby anchovies " -- I'd guess

they are farmed, because there are thousands of them, all

EXACTLY the same size: they are very tiny, dried fish sold in bulk in

Asian stores. You can fry them in oil, or just eat them -- since you

are eating the whole fish, bones, organs and all, they have got to

have a mess of nutrients. But since they are so small, they don't

have time to have ingested a lot of mercury (assuming they are

grown under decent conditions). I also use whole dried shrimp

as a flavoring agent (run them through the blender to make powder)

and I'd bet the anchovies work that way too. I would imagine you

could add them to pet food too. They are really cheap, as fish goes,

and REALLY filling.

Ok, it sounds weird, but considering some of the other stuff

people eat in this group, it's pretty sane. Makes great travel

food too, and really good for getting a reaction from the

folks searching your luggage :-)

Heidi S

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Hi Heidi:

>

> Ok, it sounds weird, but considering some of the other stuff

> people eat in this group, it's pretty sane.

Absolutely not. I used to eat loads of those! I've been pretty strict

about eating organic/natural, so I haven't had those little fish in quite a

while. But, I remember how yummy they were. Addicting like potato chips!

(Which I haven't had in quite a while either.)

Marla

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In a message dated 2/20/03 6:20:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,

pjaugustine@... writes:

> Does SLO have the mercury levels that cod and halibut have?

>

> A recent article on seafood I have here suggests to cut back on Halibut,

> King Mackerel, Sea Bass, Shark, Tilefish, Tuna, and choose more of: Blue

Crab,

> Haddock, Wild Pacific Salmon, Sardines, Scallops, Sole and farmed trout. (

> cod is not on this l list as it has been overfished) They found from blood

> samples of 89 regular fish eaters to have mercury levels almost 3x higher

> than that recommended by the EPA.

> ----- Original Message -----

I don't know but the Cod Liver Oil from Radiant Life and Carlsons and some of

the other brands say they are free of mercury and PCBs. Carlson's

molecularly distills theirs, the stuff from RL just says the repeatedly test

it and find the mercury and PCB levels undetetable.

Chris

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animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

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[Guest guest]

Chris. Do you know if it thins the blood like clo?

Thanks

Donna

----- Original Message -----

From: ChrisMasterjohn@...

Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:28 PM

Subject: cod liver oil alternative

Someone asked what should we replace cod liver oil with since cod are becoming

endangered.

The best alternative to cod liver oil is shark liver oil. In fact, if from

the appropriate shark, SLO is superior to CLO. This is because it is not only

high (in fact, higher) in Vitamins A & D and EPA & DHA, but it has the added benefit

of a very high alkylglycerol (AKG) content, which is potent immune system

enhancer, anti-cancer, etc. The highest content of AKGs is in the Emoptherus

shark from near New Zealand, the second highest is the Greenland Shark.

If anyone is interested, search the archives of this list for " shark liver

oil " and they will find probably only a few emails, one of which has a link I

gave to a website that you can mail order shark liver oil.

I can't afford shark liver oil, but have not found a source of liquid, only

capsulized. I imagine for any of you who might use capsulized cod liver oil the

price is similar.

Chris

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I'm currently taking twin labs cod liver oil

... do you know if they ck for mercury PCB's?

----- Original Message -----

From: <ChrisMasterjohn@...>

< >

Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:10 AM

Subject: Re: cod liver oil alternative

> In a message dated 2/20/03 6:20:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> pjaugustine@... writes:

>

> > Does SLO have the mercury levels that cod and halibut have?

> >

> > A recent article on seafood I have here suggests to cut back on

Halibut,

> > King Mackerel, Sea Bass, Shark, Tilefish, Tuna, and choose more of: Blue

> Crab,

> > Haddock, Wild Pacific Salmon, Sardines, Scallops, Sole and farmed

trout. (

> > cod is not on this l list as it has been overfished) They found from

blood

> > samples of 89 regular fish eaters to have mercury levels almost 3x

higher

> > than that recommended by the EPA.

> > ----- Original Message -----

>

> I don't know but the Cod Liver Oil from Radiant Life and Carlsons and some

of

> the other brands say they are free of mercury and PCBs. Carlson's

> molecularly distills theirs, the stuff from RL just says the repeatedly

test

> it and find the mercury and PCB levels undetetable.

>

> Chris

>

> ____

>

> " What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

> heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds,

and

> animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight

of

> them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

> compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

> bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

> Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of

the

> truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

>

> --Saint Isaac the Syrian

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> My son is allergic to cod fish. We're using flax seed oil right now.

> What else could we use instead of cod liver oil?

>

> Thanks,

> Crystal

>

You can also use krill oil. Krill oil is expensive.

[Guest guest]

Check out Mercola's site - he's running a special right now - its actually not

too bad.

edwarddhliu <edwarddhliu@...> wrote:

>

> My son is allergic to cod fish. We're using flax seed oil right now.

> What else could we use instead of cod liver oil?

>

> Thanks,

> Crystal

>

You can also use krill oil. Krill oil is expensive.

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[Guest guest]

Good question! My son is allergic to gelatin too, and we tried to

open these capsules. They are small and brittle, and most of the

krill oil, which is jellylike and red, ended up under my

fingernails. I actually got a large-gauge syringe from our

compounding pharmacist to try and extract the stuff from the

capsules, but I think it would be a lot of effort with not much

benefit.

So, sensing defeat, we went ahead and tried giving my son the

capsules directly, and lo and behold, he seems to tolerate them!

What this probably means is that the gelatin is from beef not pork,

since he tolerates beef but not pork.

I've found with some gelatin caps that it's worth trying it on the

kid (unless the child is anaphylactic), since getting the filler out

of the gelatin capsule can be hard.

Suzanne

>

> > Jarrow Krill oil is the only soy-free and cod-free source of

Omega

> 3

> > that we have found. It's in gelatin capsules and is expensive,

but

> > I've found it for $28 on Amazon.

>

>

> My son is allergic to gelatin. Wonder if I squeeze it out of the

> gelatin capsule if it would still not work?

>

> > Nordic Naturals makes Pro-EFA from deep-sea small fish

(anchovies

> > and sardines I think), it also has lemon oil, borage oil, and

> > tocopherols from soy, which my son appears to tolerate.

>

> He's also allergic to soy...guess I could try it.

> >

> > We prefer to avoid flax too, but if you are having a problem

> getting

> > Omegas from any other source, Flora brand makes a Flax DHA

product

> > that has algae oil (and also rosemary oil) and is soy-free.

>

> If you don't mind me asking, why do you try to avoid flax? Is it

> easy to be allergic to? He's allergic to so many things that I'm

> finding in all of this stuff. Is Cod Liver Oil the only one that

> has vit. a in it?

>

> Thanks,

> Crystal

>

[Guest guest]

Hemp, as far as I know...

S S

<p>Thanks for posting this. We have a bottle of this in the fridge

and <br>

it looks good, but I have been unable to get details about exactly <br>

what the EFA profile is. All it says is " rich in Omega 3 and Vit. <br>

E " . Do you have any idea what oils it has?<br>

<br>

Suzanne<br>

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[Guest guest]

Renew Life makes a great fish oil product called Fish Smart which is

molecularly distilled, made of anchovies and sardines and mackerel.

No Flax. It has lipase, which is an enzyme that digests fats and oils

for better absorption. It is enteric coating, which directly delivers

oil to the intestines. It does have gelatin in the capsule. They may

be coming out with a liquid version (no capsule) soon!

Check it out. It is great stuff. I order online from iherb.com

Zoe

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