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Vegetarian alternative to cod liver oil

  • 31-07-2016 06:47PM
    #1
    Guess_Who
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭


    Hi,

    So my joints are in a bit of a heap and the moment & I can barely move my arms & knees without clicking like mad. I'm going to a personal trainer at the moment & he's recommended cod liver oil.

    Can anyone recommend a vegetarian alternative. I've read that flaxseed oil is ok but nit a great alternative. Maybe there's something I could take with it to make it more effective?

    Thanks in advance for any help


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  • #2
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


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  • #3
    Guess_Who
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭Guess_Who


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    https://www.vegetology.eu/products/joint-vie Or https://www.vegetology.eu/collections/all-products/products/opti3
    You get 15e off a 45e order when signing up.

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    Just ordered them now


  • #4
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


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  • #5
    wonderboysam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭wonderboysam


    I had been taking flaxeed capsules until my massive jar ran out recently, not sure if it worked had never taken fish oils so I wouldn't know :pac:


  • #6
    seedubya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭seedubya


    Perhaps have a look at http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis-information/complementary-and-alternative-medicines/cam-report/complementary-medicines-for-rheumatoid-arthritis/flaxseed-oil.aspx BEFORE starting with this. It's almost certainly of little if any benefit and may increase certain risks.

    Fish oils are more beneficial but only in rheumatoid arthritis not any other joint condition.

    Finally, a "personal trainer" is not someone to take health advice from - fitness advice, perhaps but not health advice.


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  • #7
    Mentalmiss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭Mentalmiss


    There are advantages to actually taking the flaxseeds themselves instead of just the oil. If you only take the oil you miss the lignans as well as many other benefits. I use a coffee grinder and throw in a large dessert-spoon of flaxseeds every day and grind them up and throw them in a glass of water. Much better for you.


  • #8
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    The transfer rate from ALA in flaxseed to EPA/DHA that your body needs is supposed to be atrocious and you would need to eat tonnes of the stuff. Does anybody see different in studies etc? For that reason i get the capsules that are already EPA/DHA so my body has to do nothing but use the good sctuff.


  • #9
    Mentalmiss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭Mentalmiss


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    The transfer rate from ALA in flaxseed to EPA/DHA that your body needs is supposed to be atrocious and you would need to eat tonnes of the stuff. Does anybody see different in studies etc? For that reason i get the capsules that are already EPA/DHA so my body has to do nothing but use the good sctuff.

    You could do both to make sure. Flax seed is cheap.


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