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Hi Dr Walt,i was wondering if taking the recommended amount of efa"s you mention on your home page is safe when trying to conceive a child or during pregnancy?.On a bottle of cod liver oil it says to much could cause birth defects.Thankyou.

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• Re: pregnancy & omega 3s. Archive. Walt Stoll [93.1889] 06:43:44 3/27/06 (0)

In Reply to: pregnantcy posted by Brent [5460.2485] on March 26, 2006 at 14:17:21:

Brent,

No one recommends large doses of fish oil (cod liver oil) because of the long term toxic levels of vitamin A&D in it.

We are talking about omega 3s that have the vitamins removed.

Hope this helps.

Walt