cod liver oil

[Cashewnutty1962]

Hi, is this any good for immune system, muscular pains and cortisol levels as I have read on various sites? We were given this weekly as children…

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Now you have posted you can see past posts and discussions about it.

They used to dish out senna and other laxatives to children in the past - so that doesn't mean childhood habits were always good for us!!

If you take multiple supplements it is very easy to overdose on certain nutrients and vit A is one of them - lots in CLO!!

[Cashewnutty1962 in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you.. will take a look now.

[piglette]

I remember when I was a kid we used to have malt with olive oil along with senna plus Vick being spread all over us. They say that the older generation is going to have a longer life span than the young ones coming up, so perhaps it did all help!!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to piglette]

More likely that we walked, ran or biked everywhere and generally had a lot more exercise and a lot less fast food outlets..

[piglette in reply to DorsetLady]

That is true. I remember we used to go out in the mornings with sandwiches and come home when it got dark. I could only have been 7 years old.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to piglette]

And the nearest to UPFs we got was that white bread and marg for the sannies!!!!

[piglette in reply to PMRpro]

Margarine was so disgusting.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to piglette]

The local vicar's wife used to make white bread and marg tomato sarnies for the annual day trip to the seaside, they were wonderful ....

[piglette in reply to PMRpro]

Mmmmm, I loved tomato sarnies, so did my brother. He could eat a whole plate full of them. If the tomatoes were home grown even better.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to piglette]

I suspect theirs were! And there was lots of pepper on them! A craving for tomato sarnies like that was diagnostic of pregnancy for me 😆

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to piglette]

Yep -absolutely..

Just across the road from my house, we had a village playing field with a football pitch which was only used in anger on a Sunday morning so “ours” for the rest of the week. Also swings and seesaw. Just the other side of it, a small copse between 2 fields -one with cattle the other arable. Spend all day making dens and just having fun…

[Oh-my]

Yes I too was fed it as a kid along with malt extract. I remember the taste well.

Not read anything regarding immune system or cortisol levels. I do know a longitudinal study by Bristol university, which I am part of, found sufficient omega 3 in pregnancy is important for eye development and cognitive development in the foetus. I take algae supplements now in the hope it keeps my brain functioning!!! (I no longer eat fish)

[Gimme]

CLO might have some value to those who are trying to follow an anti inflammatory diet. It is rich in Vitamin D and Omega 3. As has been pointed out, it also has a lot of vitamin A in it, so you might need to be careful with other sources of Vitamin A in your diet. But a nice lunch of mackerel or sardines with a good green leafy salad might do you as much good as a dollop of cod liver oil. Though too much oily fish gets a bad press nowadays due to the junk dumped in the sea by careless humans.

My mother once asked our family doctor if she needed to give us a tonic when we were small. His answer was that the best tonic was to let us outdoors and run around in the fresh air.

[Cashewnutty1962 in reply to Gimme]

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