Is this anywhere even near the right way

[finnmom]

Hi

I´ve been reading all your post´s but I find it a little confusing, little scary to start when this is so new to me. So I ask you: is this anything even near to the right way when I´ve started my son on Omega-3 capsel´s.

Those are produced by Peter Möller/Norway. The content is: in 100 g you have f.ex
34.5g Omega-3 fatty acid
13.7g DHA´s
15.4g EPA´s
13208 microg of vitamin-A
264 microg of vitamin-D and
528 mg of vitamin-E

I gotta tell you thay I´am totally lost with those microgram´s and iu´s ;D

But if you could tell me if this is right/wrong/somewhere near/totally out there, pick a choise ;D

Marja

[catatonic]

Hi Marja,
I have a couple of questions about your Omega-3 supplements...

The Vitamin A and Vitamin D amounts are safe (since these are fat-soluble, you never want to give too much).

The Vitamin E makes me question, though. This is a very large amount to include in such a small Omega-3 capsule and I am wondering if you are sure the amount is 528mg, or if maybe it is micrograms??? Upper Tolerable Limit of Vitamin E for a child is set 600 IU and you are giving more than that in a single capsule. Can you check that?

The reason it concerns me is because you are going to need to give a LOT of these capsules to reach the recommended dose...which is 480mg DHA, and that much or more EPA as well. That's 20 of these capsules which is silly to even think about.

Still, it's fine to start slow - maybe 3 or 6 per day - until these are used up and you can purchase larger capsules. Or give them to the little one, since they're just about right for her.

It is scary to try something new, but there's basically no chance that you can hurt anyone by giving them Omega-3, so don't worry. It's safe to experiment.

[finnmom]

Catatonic

Thank you, I knew I can count on your expertice You´re right, it is 5.8mg/100g´s, there just happend´s to be a dot missing in there ;D

Your reply cleared thing´s a lot, thank´s, I had a lot of trouble swtiching mg´s to i.u´s and so on. So I´ll use these of and find something better!

Marja