Cod Liver Oil Question

IH, or anyone else

Am I correct in thinking that Cod Liver oil is better than flax oil because Cod liver promotes more testosterone in the body, where flax is more estrogenic?

cassanova - Flax seed oil inhibits DHT but it also depletes 6-Delta desaturase enzyme.

Flax seed oil converts to EPA/DHA very poorly in men at only 1% conversion.

Cod Liver oil is better all around.

Thanks IH,

I could have swore i read somewhere that flaxseed oil promoted estrogen. And that Cod liver oil raises levels of testosterone in the body due to the Vitamin A that is in it. Have you ever heard anything like that?

cassanova - Yes, vitamin A is very important for testosterone production via the testes. Flax is estrogenic in a good way, that is the lignans, but the oil hasn't enough. Only the hulls of the seed have sufficient lignans. This the same idea as 7-HMR Spruce Lignans. They are converted into Enterolactone, which acts as weak forms of estrogen to prevent more potent estrogens from getting a hold of the system.