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A Response to Dr. Joe Mercola
on Cod Liver Oil
By Sally Fallon Morell, MA
n December 23, 2008, Dr. Joseph Mercola, owner
of the popular holistic website mercola.com, issued
Oa statement, “Important Cod Liver Oil Update,”
in which he rescinded his long-standing recommenda-
tion to take cod liver oil. The Weston A. Price Foundation
received dozens of inquiries about this statement and it is
for this reason that we have devoted much of this issue to
the subject of cod liver oil.
Mercola’s official pronouncement is a strange mixture of true statements
and illogical sequelae, conflicting reasoning and unexplained omissions.
While it is unfortunate that Mercola has joined establishment voices against
vitamin A, what concerns us most is not the fact that Dr. Mercola disagrees
with us, but that he misrepresents the WAPF message on the importance of
vitamin A in the modern diet.
The following is a point-by-point rebuttal, with Mercola’s statements
in italics.
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