Cod Liver Oil, Vitamin A,
Vitamin D and Other Fat-Soluble Activators
Dr. Price
showed the importance of fat-soluble activators
found in significant quantity only in seafood
and the fat of grassfed animals and dairy products
from grassfed animals. The natural forms of vitamins
A and D are crucial for mineral metabolism and
immune function. The nutrient Price called “Activator
X” is most richly concentrated in milk fat
from cows grazing on rapidly growing pasture.
Price was often able to reverse tooth decay and
build health using food and "X-Factor"
butter oil in conjunction withhigh-vitamin
cod liver oil.
The dosage of
X-factor
oil Price used to treat a four-year old boy
suffering with rampant tooth decay and an unhealed
fracture is instructive--a "large spoonful"
five times a day! I take both liberally. "High
vitamin" cod liver oil is something of
a misnomer, for it actually is "normal-vitamin"
cod liver oil. Most popular brands of cod liver
oil today have been molecularly distilled to remove
up to ninety percent of the vitamin A and D. This
is in response to the general fear of overdosing
on these vitamins, a fear which has been magnified
to the point that many doctors now tell their
pregnant patients not to eat liver. This fear
is based on misinformation, for it is the synthetic
forms of vitamins A and D that are toxic in even
moderate doses.
The natural
forms of these vitamins, as found in cod liver
oil, liver and butterfat from cows grazing on
green grass, are not toxic even in the substantial
amounts that I and many of my patients take. The
"high vitamin" cod liver oil we use
is actually cod liver oil that contains the normal
content of vitamins A and D that naturally occur
in this oil, a superfood that has been used for
centuries as an elixir.
Cod liver
oil also provides the fatty acids eicosapentaenoic
acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), unknown
in Dr. Price's day but now recognized as important
factors to human health.
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