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SOME COD LIVER OIL TESTIMONIALS

After about two weeks taking a one-half teaspoon high vitamin cod liver oil I noticed that my hands were not cracked
anymore. I have had dry skin my whole life and in winter they will crack and bleed. My mother is 99 years old and has
had skin cancer on her forehead. They have burned it off several times but it always bleeds and never really healed. I got
her to take the cod liver oil so she wouldn’t get a cold. Incredibly, her forehead has now healed up. WL

Since I started using fermented cod liver oil in my naturopathic practice, I have two completely resolved cases of endo-
metriosis, women experiencing pain-free periods for the first time in their lives, surprisingly within two or three weeks
of starting the fermented cod liver oil at a dose of 5 ml per day. Up to this point in my six-year career, I had yet to have
any luck whatsoever when it came to endometriosis. I have another very complicated case of endometriosis combined
with Wolf-Parkinson’s-White-like heart problems and this particular woman experienced twelve to fifteen days of excru-
ciating pain monthly related to the endometriosis. Within six weeks of starting the fermented cod liver oil she is down
to three days of pain per month, which she is thrilled about. While her WPW symptoms persist, her endometriosis
symptoms are all but a thing of the past. Again, I put her on a dose of 5 ml per day. I have another patient who came to
me, a mother in her thirties, who was experiencing hair thinning and had not had a period in over nine months for no
apparent reason. Within three weeks of starting the fermented cod liver oil, she had a period again. Laura Margaritis,
ND, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

I have a handful of clients that I have on high vitamin or fermented cod liver oil and when they stop taking it, they have
discomfort and pain rather quickly in their arthritic areas, not to mention a return of depression and mood problems.
They tell me they won’t give up cod liver oil no matter what anyone says to them. . . our bodies don’t lie. Anabela Bac-
chione

I have been using fermented cod liver oil for about eighteen months. I have been checking my vitamin D levels over
the last four years and this year I went from 37 to 48, whereas the three years previous I went from 16 to 26 (ten points
total, for the three years). During those years I was taking vitamin D in doses from 10,000 to 50,000 IU. The only thing
I can attribute the increase to is the fermented cod liver oil. I also have a few customers who swear that the cod liver oil
wards off depression, especially in the winter (Minnesota). BS

We’ve been using high-vitamin cod liver oil and the butter oil for the Weston Price protocol for several years. The biggest
changes reported have been improved muscle strength, stamina and immunity. I have also noted improved moods in
my family—they are less irritable. I also feel the Weston Price protocol, including bone broths, raw goat milk kefir, etc.,
helped save my mother’s life when she was stricken with severe sepsis several years ago. The frequent drops of cod liver
oil and butter oil appeared to increase her strength and improve her ability to absorb and utilize her food. LH

One of my patients, an active but hobbled sixty-five-year-old female, kept complaining of joint pain and stiffness for the
past year. Our chiropractic work did wonders to keep her feeling quite well and able to maintain a busy schedule as
well as go skiing in Colorado, but she would always return with the same old complaints. After two months on the high
vitamin cod liver oil, her complaints of joint pain were gone! Michael J. Kudlas, DC, MA, MEd

My son’s acne completely cleared up and he is so happy on cod liver oil that it is the one thing he will consistently take.
Also he noticed that his seasonal affective disorder was much better last winter taking the cod liver oil (for his skin) and
his grades and general energy were markedly improved over previous winters when he didn’t take it.
Megan McCoy, MD

At eight months, my one-hundred-percent breast fed daughter had a bad case of eczema and an allergy to egg whites.
We tried everything (different soaps, oils, creams etc.) to get rid of the eczema and nothing worked till our homeopathic
pediatrician told us to give her 1-2 ml of high-vitamin cod liver oil along with high-vitamin butter oil every day, as well
as a teaspoon of coconut oil. Today she is a happy healthy two-year-old who takes 1-2 ml cod liver oil almost every
day. She has perfect skin and her allergy to egg whites is gone as well. Her amazing recovery from the eczema and egg
allergy inspired me to go back to school and become certified as a nutritional therapy practitioner. Our whole family
of five has been taking 1-2 ml of high-vitamin cod liver oil for the past two years. We are all healthy and happy. The
children, ages two, four and six, have never had a cavity and are noticeably healthier than the majority of their friends.
Shelley Ballantyne, NTP

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