Is Your Fish Oil Safe?
March 9, 2010 by drhusbands · Leave a Comment
The brand you choose for your fish oil supplement, and the rest of your nutrition supplements, is important. The saying “you get what you pay for” very much applies to your fish oil and other nutrition supplements. There are reasons the inexpensive brand costs less.
Case in point: A lawsuit was filed on March 2, 2010 in San Francisco superior court against 8 brands of fish oil supplement manufacturers with high levels of contamination with polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCB’s). The initial defendants named are (in alphabetical order): CVS Pharmacy, Inc.; General Nutrition Corp. (GNC); Now Health Group, Inc.; Omega Protein, Inc.; Pharmavite LLC (Nature Made brand); Rite Aid Corp.; Solgar, Inc.; and TwinLab Corp. These manufacturers had fish oil supplements that exceeded the recommended safe highest limit for PCB’s of 90 parts per billion (ppb).
One fish oil supplement manufacturer that I have consistently recommended due to repeated batch testing by independent 3rd party tests showing very low contamination levels of 1.0 parts per trillion (ppt) or less, is Nordic Naturals.
Safety is just one reason why I take painstaking detail in researching fish oils and other nutrition supplements for my patients’ needs. Knowing the nutrients required in helping restore a patient’s health is as important as choosing the right brand. Some brands simply do not have the adequate therapeutic amounts, while some have questionable safety. Adequate dosage, in the purest form available, and combined with other nutrients for their synergistic effect, along with functional medicine approach and effective chiropractic techniques, are components of our health restoration program in our clinic.
If you have need to consult regarding using fish oil or our health restoration programs call our appointment desk at (650) 593-4447. We are offering a free consultation for the first 10 minutes for those who are scheduling for the first time through March 2010.
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