Cod Liver Oil Research

Prevention of covid-19 and other acute respiratory infections with cod liver oil supplementation, a low dose vitamin D supplement: quadruple blinded, randomised placebo controlled trial.

Brunvoll SH, Nygaard AB, Ellingjord-Dale M, Holland P, Istre MS, Kalleberg KT · BMJ (2022)

Effects of cod liver oil on platelets and coagulation in familial hypercholesterolemia (type IIa).

Brox JH, Killie JE, Osterud B, Holme S, Nordøy A · Acta Med Scand (1983)

Influence of dietary cod liver oil on fatty acid composition of plasma lipids in human male subjects after myocardial infarction.

Skúladóttir GV, Gudmundsdóttir E, Olafsdóttir E, Gudmundsson TV, Hardarson T, Kristinsson A · J Intern Med (1990)

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Vertkin AL, Martynov IV, Svetova IuB, Gaĭdukova EV, Bikbov TM, Martynov AI · Klin Med (Mosk) (1994)

Cod liver oil (n-3 fatty acids) as an non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug sparing agent in rheumatoid arthritis.

Galarraga B, Ho M, Youssef HM, Hill A, McMahon H, Hall C · Rheumatology (Oxford) (2008)

Fatty acid composition in maternal milk and plasma during supplementation with cod liver oil.

Helland IB, Saarem K, Saugstad OD, Drevon CA · Eur J Clin Nutr (1998)

Efficacy of cod liver oil as an adjunct to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment in the management of osteoarthritis in general practice.

Stammers T, Sibbald B, Freeling P · Ann Rheum Dis (1992)

Cod liver oil does not reduce ventricular extrasystoles after myocardial infarction.

Hardarson T, Kristinsson A, Skúladóttir G, Asvaldsdóttir H, Snorrason SP · J Intern Med (1989)

Divergent anti-inflammatory effects of different oil acute consumption on healthy individuals.

Papageorgiou N, Tousoulis D, Psaltopoulou T, Giolis A, Antoniades C, Tsiamis E · Eur J Clin Nutr (2011)

Partial normalization by dietary cod-liver oil of increased microvascular albumin leakage in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and albuminuria.

Jensen T, Stender S, Goldstein K, Hølmer G, Deckert T · N Engl J Med (1989)

A long-term seal- and cod-liver-oil supplementation in hypercholesterolemic subjects.

Brox J, Olaussen K, Osterud B, Elvevoll EO, Bjørnstad E, Brattebøg G · Lipids (2001)

Cod-Liver Oil Improves Metabolic Indices and hs-CRP Levels in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Yang S, Lin R, Si L, Li Z, Jian W, Yu Q · J Diabetes Res (2019)

Navigating Measles Treatment in 2025: A Review on Vaccines, Medications, and Supplements

In plain English: Vaccination with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine remains the most effective intervention to prevent measles, and efforts are urgently needed to achieve the requisite 95% vaccination rate to improve public health, confer herd immunity, and eradicate measles.

Oldham MM, Benavides S, Boylan PM. · Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology (2025)

Vitamin D and bone health: What vitamin D can and cannot do

In plain English: The Endocrine Society Guidelines recommends for all ages that adequate vitamin D obtained from the sun, foods and supplements is necessary in order to maintain a circulating concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL for maximum bone health.

Holick MF. · Advances in food and nutrition research (2024)

Effect of daily cod liver oil and a multivitamin-mineral supplement with selenium on upper respiratory tract pediatric visits by young, inner-city, Latino children.

In plain English: Young children given daily cod liver oil plus a multivitamin-mineral showed a statistically significant decline in upper-respiratory pediatric visits over the winter, while the control group showed no change.

Linday LA, Shindledecker RD, Tapia-Mendoza J, Dolitsky JN · Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol (2004)

Use of cod liver oil during pregnancy associated with lower risk of Type I diabetes in the offspring.

In plain English: In a Norwegian case-control study, mothers who took cod liver oil during pregnancy had offspring with a lower risk of type-1 diabetes (adjusted odds ratio around 0.30).

Stene LC, Ulriksen J, Magnus P, Joner G · Diabetologia (2000)