Society seems to be developing an extreme allergy to people making definitive statements. And I can see where that comes from, because so often a person will declare some thing to be so and defend that idea to the death, only to be proven wrong later. But the fun thing about definitive statements is they are falsifiable. And society would be far better served if it would set to work attempting to falsify statements like that rather than dismiss them because they are not couched in weaseling.

How does the work of Brian Pleskin fit into this picture. I am confused. Brian Peskin recommends we should be consuming more Omega6 fats from “parent essential oils” and less Omega3 fats. And that the body has the ability to derive EPA & DHA from these parent oils as needed.

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gogogo5

Thanks for sharing your story with us! I’m glad your mystery has come to a happy conclusion.

I’m confused by your comment. It doesn’t reflect what I wrote in this article. Did you actually read the article?

I never said there’s a difference between DHA and EPA in cod liver oil and other fish oils. But there are significant other differences, such as a much higher level of vitamin A & D in cod liver oil than in most other fish oils.

I’d also point out that most fish oils, and most cod liver oils for that matter, are highly processed. The processing for almost every cod liver oil on the market removes the naturally occurring vitamins A & D and replaces them with synthetic variants. Synthetic vitamin A can be toxic to the body in high amounts. So, the commercial fish oils and most brands of cod liver oil are most certainly not like the Green Pastures brand of cod liver oil which uses traditional processing methods to retain the natural vitamins.

This post has nothing to do with the Weston A. Price Foundation. In fact, the recommendations made here for EPA consumption are lower than what the WAPF recommends. The whole point of the article is that our bodies’ requirement for EPA is much lower than almost everyone says it is.