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Approved by who though? The FDA doesn't approve supplements. Fish oil -is- a supplement, regardless of what it's used for. It isn't an alternative medicine, unless you're rubbing it on your body, or using them for earplugs and not ingesting them. THEN it's be alternative medicine - because they'd be used in a way that they aren't intended to be used (something other than swallowing the pills).
And even then - if there aren't any results when you use them in some other way, then they're not alt medicine either. They're just supplements that someone is doing stupid things with.
I think if we went by the established definition of supplements, instead of making up what we think we might want it to mean, or what we heard someone tell us it means, or what we read on one supplement company's website that it means, or what another poster thinks it means, there'd be a whole lot less confusion.
Alternative medicines are more difficult to define. But supplements are very clearly defined. Fish oil falls very clearly into that category.
Also, most doctors DO recommend supplements, on a regular basis, to many of their patients. A multivitamin is probably the most often recommended supplement, followed closely by calcium and vitamin D. Most elderly folks with just a little joint pain but no significant arthritis will often be told to try condroitin and glucosamine. Very very common. I don't know why you think doctors don't recommend them.
Approved by who though? The FDA doesn't approve supplements. Fish oil -is- a supplement, regardless of what it's used for. It isn't an alternative medicine, unless you're rubbing it on your body, or using them for earplugs and not ingesting them. THEN it's be alternative medicine - because they'd be used in a way that they aren't intended to be used (something other than swallowing the pills).
And even then - if there aren't any results when you use them in some other way, then they're not alt medicine either. They're just supplements that someone is doing stupid things with.
I think if we went by the established definition of supplements, instead of making up what we think we might want it to mean, or what we heard someone tell us it means, or what we read on one supplement company's website that it means, or what another poster thinks it means, there'd be a whole lot less confusion.
Alternative medicines are more difficult to define. But supplements are very clearly defined. Fish oil falls very clearly into that category.
Also, most doctors DO recommend supplements, on a regular basis, to many of their patients. A multivitamin is probably the most often recommended supplement, followed closely by calcium and vitamin D. Most elderly folks with just a little joint pain but no significant arthritis will often be told to try condroitin and glucosamine. Very very common. I don't know why you think doctors don't recommend them.
I'm not going to argue with you. I am not a medical person and it's only something I said in passing, not for sake of argument. There are tons of supplements that most doctors do not recommend. Most don't even recommend chondroitin and glucosamine anymore--because the studies aren't showing that it makes much difference even though people say it does. Especially the chondroitin. And fish oil is recommended by the AMA for the heart, not even for cholesterol anymore. That's not the gospel truth because this is not worth googling around for proof.
Approved by who though? The FDA doesn't approve supplements. Fish oil -is- a supplement, regardless of what it's used for. It isn't an alternative medicine, unless you're rubbing it on your body, or using them for earplugs and not ingesting them. THEN it's be alternative medicine - because they'd be used in a way that they aren't intended to be used (something other than swallowing the pills).
And even then - if there aren't any results when you use them in some other way, then they're not alt medicine either. They're just supplements that someone is doing stupid things with.
I think if we went by the established definition of supplements, instead of making up what we think we might want it to mean, or what we heard someone tell us it means, or what we read on one supplement company's website that it means, or what another poster thinks it means, there'd be a whole lot less confusion.
Alternative medicines are more difficult to define. But supplements are very clearly defined. Fish oil falls very clearly into that category.
Also, most doctors DO recommend supplements, on a regular basis, to many of their patients. A multivitamin is probably the most often recommended supplement, followed closely by calcium and vitamin D. Most elderly folks with just a little joint pain but no significant arthritis will often be told to try condroitin and glucosamine. Very very common. I don't know why you think doctors don't recommend them.
Sometimes when I get Styes I take cod liver oil and it cures it. Does this then qualify cod liver oil as alternative medicine?
Sometimes when I get Styes I take cod liver oil and it cures it. Does this then qualify cod liver oil as alternative medicine?
Only if you rub the cod liver oil on your eye, or inject it into your skin, or mix it with your toothpaste and then spit it out, or do any of the kajillion possible things you -could- do with it, other than swallow a capsule or teaspoon of it, which is its intended use as a supplement. And even then, it would only qualify as an alternative medicine, if you can provide evidence that your method of using it, is the reason the stye went away. If you can't, then it's just another form of fraud, and not any kind of medicine at all.
I've been taking it since I was a kid (I'm now 47 years old). However, I my early adult years I started digging deeper into its makeup and benefits. My conclusion was that its most beneficial component was the omega-3 fatty acids. I then decided to switch to taking omega-3 supplements.
For quite a number of years I have been using a particular brand that has served me, my relatives - both young and old, and some of my friends very well. It has really helped in: 1) Reducing Joint stiffness and pain 2) Promoting cardiovascular health 3) As a natural treatment for inflammation 4) Assisting with better skin appearance
Well, I have decided to quit taking it. I already eat a lot of sardines and salmon which have a lot of omega-3s, so my feeling is that's enough. There is such a thing as too much. If one doesn't eat seafood, it might make sense to take it.
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Cod Liver Oil. Omega-3 Fatty Acids
