Posted by Larry Hoover on September 9, 2004, at 10:42:02
In reply to Kara and Larry - help?, posted by Simus on September 6, 2004, at 19:19:47
> Here is where I need some input. Today, as on Friday, I took 3000mg evening primrose oil. I usually take 2000mg borage oil, but Friday I remembered I had this "almost gone" bottle of EPO and decided to just use it instead of the borage oil to use it up and throw away the bottle. It wasn't expired yet - I checked. And I had taken EPO up until a couple of months ago instead of the borage oil. Anyhow, could this be what made me so sick on Friday night instead of the licorice???
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> I will let you know how the night progresses. God forbid I should have a repeat of Friday night.
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> Thanks,
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> SimusIf the oil had gone rancid, it could easily cause immense stomach problems. Your body senses the rancidity as a measure of food spoilage, and tries to protect you from the potential of contaminated intake. Expiry dates are not an infallible measure of safety, as polyunsaturated fatty acids are perishable. There are things that could have happened to the oil that you could not ever assess, long before you bought it. For example, your particular batch of oil might have been loaded onto a truck on a Friday afternoon, and left sitting out in the hot sun all weekend. You just can't know that sort of thing. If in doubt, throw it out.
Lar
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