Fish or cod fat is fat derived from large animal, weighing 3-5 pounds, with three fatty liver of cod.
Cod liver oil is a very popular product. It is a major source of fish oil (about 66%), also contains omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins A, D, C.
Cod liver oil helps with such diseases as rheumatic fever and asthma. Cod liver oil helps with coronary heart disease, it can help with myocardial infarction and hepatitis, also is used for treatment of diabetes.
The cod liver oil reduce the risk of early post-natal depression and helps to lower the blood pressure.
Among other benefits of cod liver oil, in the case of diseases is also recommended to take cod liver oil. The fact that cod liver oil contains substances that can destroy the enzyme rodent knee joints. Also cod liver oil reduce the cholesterol in the body, blood cells produce membranes more supple. Cod liver fat is also used for the prevention and treatment of hypo-and vitamin A, rickets, as a fortifying agent, to accelerate the fusion of bone fractures. Topically to treat wounds, thermal and chemical burns of the skin and mucous membranes.
By way of preparation and thinking in trading differ mainly in three varieties:
brown - as having a very nasty smell and taste, mouth does not apply, and is solely for technical purposes (for the manufacture of lubricants, in the processing of leather, for manufacturing degrasa, etc.)..
yellow - sometimes used in medicine, but only in purified form.
white - used in medicine and oral.