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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 13:09
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I go to consumer labs website before buying my fish oil, because they do independent testing.

http://www.consumerlab.com/results/index.asp

You need a subsciption to see the test results, but I cut and pasted it into a new thread...

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=209514
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 13:13
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Ah! Good resource, Caligrrl! You know, I was just thinking that someone should open a lab that would do independent testing of supplements. And if you have the quantity of supplement you say you do, in your product, you get the lab's seal.
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 13:18
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Well I take a good old Oscal, I think that calcium is a very important supplement to take, especially for women in general. I also take several green tea extracts during the day, as I believe that the 16 bucks for 200ct bottle is a small price to pay against free radicals. Really I'd have to agree that it's not about fixing things now, it's about preventing problems later (like brittle bones).
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 13:23
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Thanks Caligirl. I didn't know you could just eat canned tuna and get so much EFAs. ThinkI'm going to eat a couple of cans a week and not worry about supplementation.
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 13:31
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Ah! Good resource, Caligrrl! You know, I was just thinking that someone should open a lab that would do independent testing of supplements. And if you have the quantity of supplement you say you do, in your product, you get the lab's seal.

Many of the pharmaceutical grade companies have their products tested by an independent 3rd party lab and the results of the assays are made public. That's always my first question when I'm searching for a new supplement company.

But I agree, the consumerlab site is a good idea, except that they don't include Canadian supplements, it seems.

Wanda
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 14:27
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I don't mean "an independent lab" that you hire to do it. Because labs can be rather whorish and will put what you want on the label as long as you pay the fee. But something like "UL" or Consumer Reports or Good Housekeeping that is recognized as having a reputation at stake. It sounds like Consumer Labs has exactly the idea I was thinking of.
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 15:11
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Thanks Caligirl. I didn't know you could just eat canned tuna and get so much EFAs. ThinkI'm going to eat a couple of cans a week and not worry about supplementation.

I realize you're not a woman of child-bearing age , but you'll want to avoid overeating mercury and PCBs anyway. Albacore (white) tuna has more mercury than canned light tuna.

Consumer Reports: Is the government too lax in advice on tuna consumption?

Environmental Working Group: Mercury in Seafood

EWG's Tuna Calculator

Others:
Canned Tuna Mercury Riskier Than Previously Suspected
Bill Moyers of PBS
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 18:29
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I think supplements are cery important. In my case I have PCOS and the EPOs have helped a lot. I also take the atkins essential oils, multi vitamin, calcium/magnesum (which also helps to burn fat), GTF chromium, biotin, zinc, coq10 and CLA. But that's just me.
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Old Wed, Sep-15-04, 18:29
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Would be nice if things were a lot simpler~

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Old Thu, Sep-16-04, 07:43
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Badgergirl, I can still bear a child. Carried one, kicking and screaming, to bed just last night.

Its not the mercury I'm worried about, its getting cut by the can when I lick the last little bit of tuna out of the corners. Those tongue cuts HURT.
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