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Seven Seas Cod Liver Oil

  • 24-11-2011 09:30PM
    #1
    dylbert
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    Just wondering how Seven Seas Cod Liver Oil compares to more expensive fish oils, the 450ml bottle is less than a fiver and has 828mg EPA and 735mg per 10ml. Seems pretty for the price, whats the catch?


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  • #2
    EileenG
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    The only catch is that it's not in pretty capsules and flavoured with things that don't taste like cod liver oil. Personally, I'm a fan of cod liver oil liquid. I often put it over my tuna, so no fishy aftertaste.


  • #3
    DanWall
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    If there is a shortage of cod, where does all the cod liver oil come from?


  • #4
    El_Dangeroso
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    Seven seas heat their CLO and add synthetic retinol (vitamin A) to replace the natural vitamin A that has been destroyed.

    Synthetic retinol is what gave birth defects to children in some studies of vitamin A supplementation in pregnant women. Dietary A did not have the same effect.

    You can get fermented CLO which is much better. It's expensive but the quality is much higher.

    Re: shortage of cod. Cod livers are a by product that are normally wasted. Even with reduced cod there's still a lot of cod livers left over.


  • #5
    DanWall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭DanWall


    It surprises me the fishermen have time to collect Cods livers


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