Posted by Ilene on March 14, 2003, at 21:40:53
In reply to First post of more to come regarding side-effects, posted by Jaynee on March 14, 2003, at 18:04:05
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> It's not a good idea to use cod liver oil as a fish oil supplement because it contains very high levels of vitamin A. High doses of vitamin A can cause headache, dry skin, itching, and liver damage.
>Bone damage too.
Cod liver oil is a source of vitamin D, which can also be toxic.
As far as I can tell, cod liver oil is a holdover from Victorian days, when vitamin deficiencies were serious problems. People knew that some foods had remarkable healing powers (e.g. citrus fruit, cod liver oil). Some of these have retained their reputations to this day, even though we know much more about nutrition. I suppose if you were eating dry bread and maggoty beef, cod liver oil would be just the thing.
--I.
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