I just wanted to share some info on Green Pasture’s Blue Ice Royal Butter Oil/Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blend. I had heard about cod liver oil for a while, and since I am pregnant it has been especially recommended for me. Here is some info why you should take this stuff. I have to admit that it sounded like something I could never take, I didn’t want the gross fish taste, but I want to give my baby a good start, so I went ahead and got the 120 non gel capsules that also had the butter oil in it. I think I got the orange flavored ones, with hopes that it would cover it up. They also were having a sale on the cod liver oil gummy fish, and I thought I might be able to get my 6-year-old son to eat them, so I bought them as well. Well I’ve only been taking the capsules for a week and a half, and I can tell the difference. The biggest difference is my skin. I have had problem, acne prone skin since I was a preteen, and I had basically given up hope on ever having perfectly clear skin (even though I am now in my late 20′s). I had tried everything (Proactive, Obagi, Neutrogena, the list goes on). I may have gotten some clearing but I would end up getting really dry flaking skin or really tight skin, and always still have a couple of pimples. I’d even considered accutane, which is the most harsh there is, but ultimately I just couldn’t bring myself to try something so bad that you have to take a pregnancy test to prove you aren’t pregnant while on it, because it can cause wicked birth defects. Well I am both happy and shocked to report that my skin is almost perfectly clear at this point! I wish I was making this up, but it’s like I have new skin! It’s so plump and pretty. I don’t have any ugly red blotches anymore. My acne (which has been exacerbated by the pregnancy) is almost completely gone, and the few pimples I do have, have gone down so much that with a tiny bit of makeup, my skin looks flawless. Now, I think the fact that I have gone to eliminating most processed foods, am using real butter and pasture raised eggs are helping, but the Blue Ice Royal is the only really new thing I am doing. The fact that my skin has changed so fast, leads me to believe that it is really the supplements working. The taste isn’t bad, I just make sure to eat something right before I take them, drink lots of water, and eat something right after, no fishy burps! Oh and another cool thing is that I feel like I have much more energy, which I can use all I can get at this point.
However, the gummy fish…bleck, I wouldn’t even eat them. They definitely smell like fish right when you open the jar, and I took one smell and knew that I couldn’t even try to give them to my son, as I had to hold back gagging just opening the jar. No wonder they were on sale, they probably can’t get rid of these bad boys. So I’m not sure what I’m going to do with 60 gummy fish, perhaps I’ll slip them to my husband. He isn’t picky at all, but I have doubts on if he would even eat them, and that’s saying something. I will definitely keep you updated on my progress, but so far it’s been a great boost to my self-esteem. Has anyone else had these experiences with these products? Check out the resources I’ve provided on the benefits of Fermented Cod Liver Oil and Butter Oil, sometimes referred to as X-Factor Butter Oil.
Resources:
Weston A. Price Information on Cod Liver Oil
Weston A. Price Information on X-Factor contained in Butter Oil
This post is featured at this week’s Food Renegade’s Fight Back Friday and Wholesome Whole Foods.
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