Cod Liver Oil?

[poodicat]

Does anyone take it and believe it helps them..

[ladyalex]

No.
I know a lot of people who say that it is good for you, but none of them actually take it.

[poodicat]

Good answer ladyalex

[ladyalex]

It's vile stuff...even in capsules....

[poodicat]

Have general pain in joints,have tried glucosamine,bromelain, hasnt made any difference

[paddywak]

When I was a kid back, in the fifties, Mum used to give us cod liver oil and malt, I can't say that it did or didn't do any good but it tasted F*****G revolting

[poodicat]

Lol paddy,remember the malt extract also,can you remember the really thick orange juice that was slightly tart in flavour,was it a supplement?

[str]

Apparently its not medically proven to help, but Omega 3 fish oils do. I've been taking them for a few years now for arthritis and definitley noticed a massive improvement. Maybe coincidence, but I'm not going to stop taking them..

[ladyalex]

I've tried glucosamine...didn't help, but at least I wasn't tasting it all day.

Doing Tai Chi now, which is helping, I think.
I was very sceptical of it at first, but enjoyed the classes , kept going and I do think it has helped my knees and shoulders. Certainly hasn't done any harm and I've met a lot of nice folks.

[poodicat]

Thanks str might give them ago

[ladyalex]

Yes, I remember the orange juice too...got it on a teaspoon after the dreaded cod liver oil.

Maybe we were thought to be vitamin deficient then , just after the war with rationing still on ?

[poodicat]

Your right,i wasnt born just after the war,but maybe got it the late fifties,early sixties

[ladyalex]

My memories are from the early fifties...oops, too much information being given away there...

[alexanderd]

I loved the orange juice but hated it when I got a cold and the vic vapour rub came out

[poodicat]

Oh yeh,the fumes from that stuff lol

[ladyalex]

Vick vapour rub, front and back before you went to bed..that was pretty ghastly. Smelling the horrible stuff all night.

Liked the taste of syrup of figs, though....if not the consequences

[wolf63]

Malt extract - my mum used to work for Dewars and could get giant jars of this stuff really cheaply. Problem was only the dog liked it, actually he loved it. We would stick some in his bowl and he would chase the bowl around the kitchen for ages.

Omega 3 - my psychiatrist advised me to try the really pure stuff and it really does help. I get these -

http://www.glasgowhea...a-11yrs-to-99yrs.html

They are pretty expensive but are much, much stronger than the ones available in the shops. There is no taste to them but the are pretty big.

[sandyRoe]

I doubt if anyone here will admit it, but do you remember the 'utility clothing'? All the coats I wore were second-hand and the label that showed their origin was in each of them.

[poodicat]

Hi wolf they are pretty pricey,is it one a day?

[ladyalex]

Don't remember 'utility clothing', sorry.
But I do remember wearing a beret to school . (primary school)
And Burberry...well it looked like a burberry, I'm sure it was just a raincoat really.
What with my raincoat, beret and welly boots flapping round my knees, I must have been quite a sight. (It was always raining.)

[paddywak]

I loved the orange juice as well, mum used to get it from the clinic, I think that the feeling was that kids just after the war weren't getting enough fruit and vitamins. Dad used to help out at a local shop and he'd take some of his wages in goods, and I remember the excitement when he came home with 3 bananas for myself and my sisters. It seems hard to believe that we didn't even know how to open one up but it tasted great and even now It's a rare day that I don't have a banana