Calories in Cod Liver Oil

Cod liver oil used to be what mothers gave their children to keep them healthy. It turns out in small amounts it is not a bad idea. Cod fish liver oil is considered one of the healthy oils, but too much of a good thing will still make you gain weight.  An average of 1 tablespoon a day when trying to lose weight should be enough.  If you are getting fats and oils from other sources you will not need this much.

To summarize the calories in cod liver oil:
1 tablespoon of cod liver oil has 123 calories (1.25 in calorie cash™)
1 teaspoon has cod liver oil has 41 calories (0.50 in calorie cash™)
1 cup of cod liver oil has 1966 calories (19.75 in calorie cash™)  

For many people this (1 cups worth) is a whole days worth of calories!

Cod Fish Liver Oil
			cup	tbsp	tsp
		100.0g	218g	13.6g	4.5g
Water	g	0	0	0	0
Energy	kcal	902	1966	123	41
Protein	g	0	0	0	0
Total lipid (fat)	g	100	218	13.6	4.5
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	0	0	0	0
Fiber, total dietary	g	0	0	0	0
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	0	0	0	0
Iron, Fe	mg	0	0	0	0
Magnesium, Mg	mg	0	0	0	0
Phosphorus, P	mg	0	0	0	0
Potassium, K	mg	0	0	0	0
Sodium, Na	mg	0	0	0	0
Zinc, Zn	mg	0	0	0	0
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	0	0	0	0
Riboflavin	mg	0	0	0	0
Niacin	mg	0	0	0	0
Vitamin B-6	mg	0	0	0	0
Folate, DFE	mcg_DFE	0	0	0	0
Vitamin B-12	µg	0	0	0	0
Vitamin A, RAE	mcg_RAE	30000	65400	4080	1350
Vitamin A, IU	IU	100000	218000	13600	4500
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	µg	250	545	34	11.2
Vitamin D	IU	10000	21800	1360	450
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated	g	22.608	49.285	3.075	1.017
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	g	46.711	101.83	6.353	2.102
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	g	22.541	49.139	3.066	1.014
Cholesterol	mg	570	1243	78	26

One thing you will notice about this chart is that there are little vitamins and minerals left after processing the oil. Why not eat cod fish and get some oil that way. The cod will have more nutrition.  Be careful though; I know that too much fish will put the weight on you and me both.