by: Jonathan Benson
Sometimes the old
fashioned ways of treating disease are still the safest and most effective. A
recent review of an 1848 study conducted at the former Hospital for Consumption
in Chelsea, UK, now known as the Royal Brompton Hospital (RBH), has found that
cod liver oil, which is rich in vitamin D, is still an effective treatment for
tuberculosis.
Professor Sir
Malcolm Green, who used to work at RBH but has since retired, unearthed the old
study which involved over 1,000 patients with tuberculosis, a contagious
bacterial infection that can lead to death. One group composed of 542 patients
was given standard treatment along with cod liver oil, while another group of
535 patients was given only the standard treatment.
At the conclusion of
the study, doctors saw stabilization of the disease in 18 percent of the
patients given cod liver oil, while only six percent of those in the control
group saw improvement. Thirty-three percent of patients in the control group
also ended up dying, compared to only 19 percent of those in the cod liver oil
group.. Read more…
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