Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil: Is It For Your or Not?
by Dave Cole
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Mom was right after all.....fish oil is good for you. Now, there's a
way to get all the health benefits of fish oil without the bad
taste.
Pharmaceutical Grade Fish OilIs It For You or Not?
Most of us remember when we were kids how our Mom insisted we take that
awful tasting cod liver oil,whether we liked it or not!
Well, Recent Medical research on the benefits of fish oiland omega-3
fatty acids has shown, that Mom was rightafter all.......fish oil is
really good for you!
But who can forget that awful taste.
However, all fish oils are not created equal.
Enter Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil
At the time Mom gave us that cod liver oil, the oceansand environment
were relatively pure and clean. The cod liveroil we took came from ocean
cod that lived in largelyun-contaminated waters.
Since that time, mankind has seen fit to do a lot ofpolluting of our
ocean waters. Everything from garbage,to human waste, to toxic chemicals
have been dumpedinto the ocean waters.
In the 1980's there was a "fish oil mania" that sweptacross the
country. Everyone was talking about the proclaimedhealth benefits of fish
oil and it's omega-3 fatty acids.
But, just as quickly as it came on, it left. The reason:people were
just not experiencing the health benefits thatthe experts and researchers
claimed fish oil would do.
Why Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil over regular fish oils?
First let's look at a bit of history of how fish oil
ismanufactured.
Before the 1980's, fish oil came almost exclusively fromthe livers of
the fish. The problem with that is, there wasa high amount of vitamin A
which, if taken in too highof a dosage, could cause a vitamin A
toxicity.
In the 1980's fish oil manufacturing changed so thatmanufacturer's were
able to extract the oil from the whole body of the fish. This solved the
vitamin A toxicity problem, but the oil still tasted horrible. So
manufacturers encapsulated the oil, which could be swallowed whole.
Yet, the mania faded almost as quickly as it came about.
The reason: People were not taking high enough doses to notice any
effect.
Researchers discovered that to get the same amount of long-chain
omega-3 fatty acids as we were getting in the old cod liver oil, we needed
to consume eight 1 gram capsules of the fish body oil per day.
People were just not taking enough of the encapsulatedbody oil to
notice any perceivable difference.
But....the big problem with taking that much whole body fish oil became
the high presence of toxic PCB's.
To deal with this problem, manufacturers developeda technology called
molecular distillation whichremoved some, but unfortunately, not all the
PCB's.
Molecular distilled fish oils are better thannormal health food grade
fish oils, but still theyhave enough contaminants in them to cause
problemswhen taken in higher dosages.
The latest break through in fish oil technology begins with
removing most of the saturated fat by a process called fractional
distillation and the removal of virtually all the PCB's bya more
advanced and sophisticated molecular distillation process.
With the advent of this new technology, a remarkable new type of fish
oil has arisen: Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil!
Pharmaceutical grade fish can deliver a concentratedamount of
long-chain omega-3 fatty acids withoutcontaining un-wanted by-products
like chemicalpollutants or harmful saturated fatty acids.
Now with Pharmaceutical grade fish oil, you cantake a smaller dose and
still obtain the requiredamounts of omega-3's ......Without the presenceof
toxic PCB's!
A mere teaspoon of Pharmaceutical grade fish oilpacks a larger amount
of omega-3 fatty acids thana whole tablespoon of the old cod liver oil
did.....and it comes without the harmful contaminants andtroublesome side
effects.
And.....the best part is.....Pharmaceutical gradefish oil leaves almost
No after taste in your mouth!!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. W. David Cole. If you are seeking Quality information on all
aspects of health, wellbeing, relationships, sexuality, parenting and how
you can be healthy, we invite you to take a look at our site.
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