Marine Liver Oils used as early as 73 AD as a remedy for illnesses

Historical records show us that marine liver oils have been used by cultures ranging from the South Seas, the Eskimos, and the Scandinavians to the ancient Romans. One of the earliest records shows its use as a cure for leprosy as early as 73 AD and in the work of Hippocrates.

For centuries, cod liver oil was mostly used as a topical treatment or balm for its general medicinal and strengthening properties. But in the Manchester Infirmary in 1766, it was shown to be a curative for rheumatism when ingested, after which it became a well known medicine. In 1841, the British physician, John Bennett wrote a treatise on cod liver oil and it’s use in healing Scrofula–a tuberculosis of the skin. Bennett noted that when people had one disease like tuberculosis they also had another like rickets–indicating a vitamin D deficiency.

Research between 1920 and 1940 began its wide use for preventing and treating measles, industrial absenteeism and puerperal fever. However, with the dawn of penicillin in the 1930s and 40s, came massive support for antibiotics (anti-life) and sulfa drugs and the pharmaceutical industry was born. Instead of focusing on building immunity with nutrition, we began an arms race against germs, trying to stay two jumps ahead of bacteria.

Today, as we are seeing the poor results of the “killing bacteria” approach, we are seeing a resurgence of interest in building immunity with nutrient-dense foods and cod liver oil is becoming again an important part of  this health-building plan.

The beauty of a high quality cod liver oil is that it contains both vitamin A and D in the best ratio–which is a 10 to 1 relationship. Vitamin A  is necessary for mineral metabolism, strong bones, immunity, normal growth, successful reproduction, healthy skin and good eyesight.Vitamin D is necessary for mineral metabolism, nervous system function, insulin production, immunity and protection against depression.

Commercial  cod liver oil has been over processed and will not provide healing qualities that were seen historically, but fermented cod liver oil, made the old fashioned way, is now available thanks to the work of David Wetzel: here on Amazon as relatively inexpensive capsules. Along with cod liver oil, Dr. Price found that it was very important to have adequate traditional saturated fats in the diet. Price also developed high-vitamin butter oil to use in conjunction with cod liver oil as a powerful combination for the prevention and healing of cavities and a high immunity to disease. If you want to obtain your daily fermented cod liver oil and high-vitamin butter oil *together* as a tasty chocolate gel then click here to purchase on Amazon. These are purchases which will change your life. Visit greenpasture.org for more information on these life-giving products.

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Best in health,

Kathryne Pirtle