Your Fish Oil Supplement May be Toxic
On a trip to a well known ware house store I spotted a large bottle of Fish oil supplements. The price was very cheap. What I think most consumers do not understand that there is a lot of confusion around these products.
Many people think they can buy cheap fatty acid products and get the healthy oils their body needs. But there’s a problem with these low-quality oils: They may be highly toxic!
Supplement manufacturers extract the low-quality oils using a toxic solvent. Take for example a product produced by Martel Bio-=sciences Corporation. This company produces artificially extracted omega oils. They call these oils DHASCO and ARASCO. The source of Martek´s products are a fermented algae and fungus. But that’s not the biggest concern.
They extract the oils using HEXANE , a synthetic solvent petrochemical. It’s similar to gasoline and is highly toxic to your brain’s neurons. Furthermore, Martek’s products don’t match the omega content of high-quality oils. They also contain sunflower oil, diglycerides, and nonsaponifiable materials.
WHAT ABOUT THE FAT THAT IS ADDED TO BABY FORMULA
These oils are a major component of many infant baby formulas. And the side effects are not good. Many infants who drank these formulas now suffer from intractable diarrhea. Since it’s early in the use of these chemical products in human infants, we haven’t a clue as to the long-term neurological complications. We also don’t know how these toxins will affect your brain. But you can be sure they won’t provide you with optimum nutrition you need.
Omega fatty acids are one place where I strongly urge you not to skimp on quality. To do so will also subject you to hexane extracted oils. If you want to use an omega-3 supplement, I strongly suggest you stick with high-quality oil.
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