Purity of Fish Oil is Critical to Health

We can blame ourselves for the toxic contaminants found in the fish we eat. These toxins include mercury (from the burning of coal), PCBs (used in electrical insulation), and dioxins (the active ingredient in defoliants used in the Vietnam War).  Although production of PCBs and dioxins has long been banned, they rarely break down and thus accumulate in the marine food chain that ends with fish and then in our fish oil supplements. Info on - Lawsuit Raises Safety Issues Related to Competing Brands of Fish Oil Supplements

These toxins are known carcinogens and neurotoxins. In fact, the levels in the Eskimo population, who consume large amounts of fatty fish rich in EPA and EPA, are well above the safety standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO), and recent studies indicate that they are approaching the upper limits of safety in the Japanese population. 

Here lies the dilemma - how to remove these toxins to obtain all the tremendous health benefits of EPA and DHA. The solution was the development of a new manufacturing process for producing ultra refined EPA/DHA concentrates. Sealogix ultra-refined, ultra pure fish oil resulted from this problem.
 
Fish Oil Manufacturing

It's very difficult to remove the toxins out in fish oil. That's why most fish oils sold in health-food stores and supermarkets should be considered the "sewer of the sea."  Since the contaminants in fish are oil-soluble, all the toxic contaminants are concentrated in the crude fish oil. Not a very appealing thought if you are taking fish oil for its "health" benefits.  Obviously, all crude fish oil is highly contaminated.  If you do some minimal processing, you can get rid of the mercury, but not the PCBs and dioxins.  This minimally processed product is what you get when you purchase inexpensive brands of fish oil. In other words, you will also be ingesting a good dose of PCBs and dioxins. 

Slightly more expensive fish oils are given a "touch-up" via crude distillation to remove some of the cholesterol and slight amounts of the remaining toxins, but the EPA and DHA concentration is low. Therefore, to get an adequate dose of these critical long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, you have to consume large amounts of fish oil and, thus, large amounts of toxic contaminants. If you break apart the fatty acids to make ethyl esters, then it is possible to concentrate the oils to higher levels, but the PCBs and dioxins still remain. 

The solution to this apparently "no-win" situation is true molecular distillation that removes the ethyl esters of EPA and DHA from the fish oil, leaving behind the toxic contaminants.  This finally produces rise to ultra refined EPA/DHA concentrates like Sealogix. Sealogix ultra pure fish oils are the two of the few ultra refined EPA and DHA fish oils available to the general public. Now the full spectrum of health benefits of omega 3 EPA and DHA can be realized without the toxins that limit long-term use with maximum compliance.

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