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Post by bunny on Aug 24, 2004 14:57:42 GMT -5
How do you know if it is molecularly distilled?  I bought a cheap Walgreens brand a month ago, and then decided maybe it wasn't such a great idea, and it is just sitting in my cupboard.  I'm trying to decide whether or not to use it Bunny |
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Post by catatonic on Aug 24, 2004 23:43:00 GMT -5
I really don't know specifically about the Walgreen's fish oil. You'd probably have to contact the manufacturer to find out for certain. I do know that in July of 2003 Consumer Reports reviewed a number of major brands of fish oil supplements and found that ALL of them (including discount brands) were very good in terms of product purity and containing the amounts of DHA/EPA they claimed to contain. Ideally, you want a fish oil that is both pharmaceutical grade and molecularly distilled. If your Walgreen's fish oil is manufactured by Leiner (as is the Price/Costco brand) then you don't have to worry, as they claim to meet both these criteria. OhMama is the real fish oil expert, and a very cautious consumer, so hopefully she will see this and add her advice. I personally use the Nordic Naturals brand (although it is a great deal more expensive and the Consumer Report article said it was a big waste of money) because I believe in its quality. We used discount brands initially, however, and had no problems with them, achieved some good behavioral results with my son. I couldn't bear to just waste them after I'd spent good money on them, so we finished them off (with help from the cat, who enjoys a nice squirt of fish oil on his crunchies, and gets nice shiny hair from it).
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Post by AustinsMom on Aug 25, 2004 10:05:18 GMT -5
We tried different brands, and now use Nordic Naturals, and the main reason is that you have no fish burps with it. We tried a few other brands at the health food store, and they had that problem. (My poor husband took those to finish them off....I couldn't do it.) I'm sure you could find one that doesn't, but I got tired of trying. The Ultimate Omega is also packed with omegas, so you only need 2 a day, which is great if your child takes more than the normal amounts of vitamins anyway.
Also, for those long time posters, you may remember that Austin hands were always so dry, with the skin having a rough texture to it. I was using that as my "barometer" to know when his lipid deficiency was gone, and they are no longer like that. That happened just within the last 2 months, several months after our switch to Nordic Naturals. We had been on other omegas for 4 months before switching. Don't know if it just took that long to fix, or if the Nordic Naturals were better, but I do know that I'm sticking with them.
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