Omega's

[sarahsmom]

:)Hi Im still looking for a good Omega sup. I looked at the Natural Factors rx omega 3 factors, but they looked too big for my 6 year old to take. ANd the sales lady at the nutrition store said they might be too much for a 6 year old. Im not sure if she ment size or amt of fatty acids in them. BUt they were awfully big. I looked at Iherb .com they have a source natureals complete essential faty acids with ala 626 mg, la 522 mg, oa 402 mg, epa 360 mg, dha 240 mg, and gla 228 mg. Would this be a good product has anyone used it are the pills huge? Would it be theraputic streingh but not too much for a 6 year old she weights 47 #. Thanks for any suggestions . Also, anyone using the feingold diet I was wondering what you give your child to eat. Not trying to be smart, but looking at nutrition information and on all the bad fats its hard to know what to give them. Ill be trying to cut out processed food and start from there. THanks for any help. Lisa

[catatonic]

Yes, the Source Naturals complete are HUGE. If she can't swallow giant capsules, you'll be wasting your money on this.

Look for a more concentrated type of fish oil. You will be sacrificing some in the area of providing balanced Omegas, but gaining the advantage of a small capsule. That seems more important at this point, since if the pills are too big, she isn't going to take ANY Omegas. I'd recommend looking at something like NOW brand "DHA-250". We've used these and they are quite small, small enough that my 3-year-old can swallow them. If you take two a day you'll be getting 500mg DHA and 200mg EPA.

www.iherb.com/dha2.html

The other option is to buy the fish oil in a liquid form. I don't like this very much because no matter how much lemon oil they add to cover the taste, it is still NASTY. But there are no pills involved, so you might want to look at some of the liquids.

We've been on the Feingold diet for about 18 months now, and it works miraculously for my son. While we avoid most processed/packaged foods, there are still a fair number of approved junk foods...things like Envirokidz cereals, Kellogs Crispix, Breyer's ice cream, Brown sugar & cinnamon Pop-Tarts, Swiss Miss chocolate pudding cups, regular Pringles, Fritos, Tostitos white corn chips, Nabisco saltines, Stauffer's animal crackers, Jolly Time healthy pop popcorn, regular Ruffles, Progresso chicken noodle soup, Cheese Nips, Eggo homestyle waffles, etc.

But we stick mainly to foods that have to be made from actual ingredients. The kids snack on nuts, dried fruits, homemade cookies, cheeses, homemade frozen meatballs or taquitos or waffles...

I tried a do-it-yourself version of Feingold for about 6 months before deciding it was successful enough to make it worth the money to join the Feingold Association. If you want to do that, make sure you don't buy anything containing artificial colors, artificial flavors (including vanillin), or the preservatives BHA, BHT, or TBHQ. Also, no aspartame. You have to do this 100%. Just getting rid of most of the offending substances isn't enough, since your child will remain perpetually in reaction to those that remain and you really won't see much improvement. If you haven't yet, I'd recommend looking at the Feingold website:
www.feingold.org

[ninjyagirl]

Aloha,
My son has hard time swallowing so I bought the NOW Liquid Omega 3 with lemon.
I mix 1 tsp with his orange juice. He takes it twice a day. I tried other juices, but the orange juice is better at hiding the oil when it floats to the top.
Hope this helps.
;D

[catatonic]

I'm glad you found something that will work for you.

[Renee]

I have a friend who found that the omega 3s cleared up her psoriasis and wanted to start giving them to her 8 year old but the gels are rather large. So she punctures them, squirts them in his morning shake and she says he has been drinkning them faithfully for a couple of weeks now. Personally, my kids felt the fish oil smell was too strong that way to even try it in a drink, however I did add it to food where it would be so offensive. Eventually, though they all decided they would rather swallow it and they learned to, even though the gel caps are large.

The problem with some liquids, and even the gels, is that they can become rancid sitting on store shelves or in warehouses and then they really taste nasty. So check the dates carefully. Plus rancid oils are very bad for you. Also, we found that keeping them in the frig really reduced any fishy smell or taste.