Shark is practically unsuitable for food. Due to the nature of the diet, it has an unpleasant specific taste. However, shark liver, or rather the oil extract extracted from it, is good for health and is used to treat cancer.
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Shark liver is about one third of its body weight. Since all fat reserves are concentrated in it, shark liver is completely unsuitable for food, no matter how you cook it. It is a heavy fatty product with a specific acidic odor. But it contains all kinds of nutrients that the shark uses for life. Therefore, extracts from shark liver are considered the strongest immunomodulators, since they contain special substances - alkoxyglycerides - which help fight various infections.
The use of shark liver oil
The healing extracts are extracted from the liver of three species of sharks: the gray short-thorned shark (Centrophorus squamosus), the Katran shark (Sqaulus acanthias) and the whale shark (Cetorhinus maximus). The liver of these shark species can contain up to 2 tons of fat.
Spanish sailors in ancient times used shark liver oil to maintain health during long sea voyages.
Shark liver oil is used in complex therapy in the treatment of leukemia and other oncological diseases; to prevent radiation sickness due to irradiation of cancerous tumors; in the treatment of colds and flu, including swine flu, as well as for the general maintenance of the human immune system. It is believed that it helps to increase the number of white blood cells that are responsible for fighting the infection. With chemotherapy, many of them die, so shark liver oil is designed to support the immune system of cancer patients. For the treatment of skin diseases, including skin cancer, oil is applied directly to the affected area.
In addition to alkoxyglycerides, shark liver oil is rich in vitamin A. It also contains squalene and squalamine. These substances have antifungal and antibacterial effects.