How My Family Takes Fermented Cod Liver Oil
Tara Carpenter, NC.
Nutrition Consultant specialized in therapeutic nutrition to heal mild to severe health conditions, esp. digestive disturbances involving yeast, bacteria, parasites, and viruses.
I’m a Group Buyer for residents in Vermont for fermented cod liver oil at a reduced price. Email tara@happybellies.net for product/price list. Orders placed Spring, Autumn, Early/Mid-Winter with pick-up points throughout Vermont.
Originally published on November 14, 2016.
I take Green Pastures Fermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO) every day, twice a day, year round. I like Butter Oil Blend in chocolate flavor best because it has a most pleasant taste in my mouth. When I first started this protocol I kept my bottle in freezer and swallowed down with nose pinched and glass of ice cold milk or water. This way I did not taste a thing! Now, years later I swish this oil in my mouth for long time without fuss to help potential gum recession, sensitive tooth enamel, cavities, and more.
I do ingest Butter Oil Blend (after swishing in mouth) to support to my gut, bones, joints, and overall health. I swear by this prized nutrient-rich food and have taken these oils by Green Pastures on a daily basis since 2010. I also like Fermented Cod Liver Oil in cinnamon flavor.
My oldest son likesthe skate liver oil in orange and my youngest will lick the spoon clean of any kind of fermented cod liver oil (fclo) though likes the orange flavor best as “it has a slightly sweet taste” he says. Our dog, a petite border collie gets the plain butter oil blend and the cat too in a much smaller dosage.
Thumbs up! no cavities for me …. thank you Green Pastures!
My youngest now 17 has yet to have a cavity. Many find this surprising because he didn’t eat dairy as a young child which is usually depended on to calcify teeth. Yet, I regularly made him fish stock, rooster stock, bone marrow, fish heads, seaweed, and FCLO so perhaps that gave him what he needs nutritionally. My 23 year old had a cavity before discovering cod oil and none since. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, FCLO down the hatch 🙂
Green Pasture is a family-owned distributor of Fermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO) in the United States that independently tests each batch and sustainably sources cod livers in a strict manner. This company flavors cod oil with natural chocolate, orange, even cinnamon. If you go with oil in capsule form you’ll get this stuff down no problem.
If you have mouth issues (i.e., gum recession, tooth decay, halitosis) Butter Blends in liquid form are the way to go because capsules bypass mouth and throat entirely and so are less help for any issues you have there. If you have leaky gut or inflammation capsules can help as a systemic healer and anti-inflammatory support to soothe irritated tissue lining. Yet, oil and blends versus capsules are best if you want nutrients within absorbed into the mouth, throat, and digestive tract lining (mouth to anus).
If you are simply after the Vitamin A/D and Omega 3 fatty acids in Green Pastures’ products then the butter/oil blend capsules, straight-up cod liver oil or skate oil is more likely to get you there. I’ll say the nutrients in fermented cod liver oil stand a better chance being driven deep into body taken with a healthy saturated fat (i.e., coconut oil, butter, ghee) as these fats act as a carrier to drive nutrients deep into the bones, joints, teeth, etc.
Not everyone likes the taste – or smell – of Green Pastures’ Fermented Cod Liver Oil ….. find here tricks to get this oil down (coming soon).
I am a Vermont Group Buyer for cod liver oil.
If your teeth are already in rough shape, FCLO may not be a cure-all. There are other important things you can do for overall dental support. Reading Ramiel Nagel wrote tooth decay book and this a good place to start. FCLO is most beneficial for enamel erosion, tooth sensitivity, gum recession, surface cavities, and in-between teeth cavities because when you swish the oil in your mouth the fats and nutrients fill in areas needing healing. Similar to oil pulling yet much better! If this is you then Butter Oil Blend is fast-acting support I can testify to having used this oil since 2010.
May all bellies be happy!
Screenshot of some cod oil choices at Green Pastures.
Dosaging Cod Liver Oil & Butter Blends
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