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...them over a long period of time. Therefore researchers have to worry whether the chemicals could harm the body over the longterm. "We must imagine lifelong high dose therapy to keep the virus continually suppressed. We have to think about what those chemicals will do to the liver and kidneys," Haseltine says...
...said. "You want it to go away and never come back." Doctors, including Rosenberg, expressed concern about the treatment's side effects. For most of the patients in the NCI experiment, the treatment caused serious fluid retention, with up to 20 lbs. of water accumulating in the lungs, liver, kidneys and elsewhere in the body. As a result, two patients had life-threatening breathing problems that required emergency intervention...
Research is now focusing on purification of the active ingredients in cod liver oil and tests of their effectiveness on patients. The investigators are optimistic about the prospects for use of these substances, because cod liver oil seems to have no serious side effects and is substantially more palatable than most anti-cholesterol drugs currently...
...study of heart patients, they found that taking eight teaspoons of cod liver oil every day for six weeks produced several changes associated with cardiovascular health. The treatment raised blood concentrations of HDL cholesterol, lowerered the rate of blood clotting, and increased production of chemicals which cause dilation of blood vessels, making arteries such as those that supply the heart less likely to get blocked...
...researchers stress that this was only a pilot study, and that taking large quantities of cod liver oil at this stage of the game would be unwise. The oil contains vitamin A and vitamin D, which are beneficial in small amounts but can be dangerous in high doses. Also, while the substance does appear to improve cholesterol levels in the body, it actually contains a substantial amount of cholesterol itself, and this may act to reduce its overall potency...