Omega 3 capsules (merged)

Suewre

Thanks for the number Sue. We have been away, but are back now, so I have just rang them. It is now 11 days since I placed my order. The helpful lady I spoke to said that they were out of the Omega Juice, and were expecting some in the middle of next week. I bought my son some Haliborange Omega 3 and fish oil for him to be getting on with. I also ordered some other stuff, and they are going to send that out now.

chaliepud

Just wanted to recommend the Eskimo-3 omega 3,6 and 9 supplement oil, we had a healthy eating talk at school and this was recommended, tasted great (yes, really!) but you must get the tutti fruitti flavour, tastes like bubble gum! At £14.25 (incl.Vat and delivery) I know it is a bit pricy but it has great quantities of DHA, EPA and ALA as far as I can tell, and the kids will take it.

I got it from https://www.health4youonline.com

HTH someone who has kids as fussy as mine!

Hayley

Ted_Hutchinson

chaliepud wrote:

Just wanted to recommend the Eskimo-3 omega 3,6 and 9 supplement oil, we had a healthy eating talk at school and this was recommended, tasted great (yes, really!) but you must get the tutti fruitti flavour, tastes like bubble gum! At £14.25 (incl.Vat and delivery) I know it is a bit pricy but it has great quantities of DHA, EPA and ALA as far as I can tell, and the kids will take it.

I got it from www.health4youonline.com

Nutri Eskimo Kids (omega-3+6+9 oils for kids)
1200mg Omega-3 fatty acids from natural fish oil, of which: 410mg Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), 280mg Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), 230mg Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA), 510 Omega-6 fatty acids from rapeseed oil, of which: 500mg Linoleic acid, 1400mg Omega-9 fatty acid (Oleic acid), 200iu Vitamin D and 10iu Vitamin E (natural mixed tocopherols). Other ingredients: Ascorbyl palmitate, lecithin, natural flavouring (from orange, raspberry, lemon and cherry oils).
410epa+280dha=690 omega3 @£14.25 210ml= 42days supply=34pdaily
To match ZIPVIT Omega Juice 360ml £4.95 72 days about 7p daily. which contains 900epa+600dha=-1.5g omega you would need to take double the amount of Eskimo thus spending 64pdaily.

chaliepud

My point being that this is actually palatable, not that it is cheaper

Ted_Hutchinson

chaliepud wrote:

My point being that this is actually palatable, not that it is cheaper

When acquiring tastes for new flavours it is useful to link the new flavour with a pleasurable experience. Our taste for wine changes the more we indulge and the more we learn about it, particularly if the circumstances in which we experience it are pleasurable. I'm not saying developing a connoisseurship in fish oil is ever going to compete with malt whisky, wine, real ale or coffee but if you persist with the OJ particularly linking the OJ with a pleasurable reward I do assure you, you do become less concerned about the initial taste. We would do well as parents to utilise as broad a range of foodstuffs as possible see The World's Healthiest Foods: A-Z to ensure that our children have as balanced and complete a diet as possible.

frizz_head

Has anyone tried the Omega 3 enriched milk - I have been trying to find it - but everywhere near me is always sold out. I would be interested in your findings Ted - in terms of amount of Omega 3's present.

I have tried all sorts, but my kids just will not take it in any form. Am hoping that this might be a solution.

Also, interested to hear from anyone who has tried it - does it taste fishy/oily?

Thanks
Frizzle

Ted_Hutchinson

St Ivel advance semi-skimmed and whole milk containing Omega 3 in an emulsion format (dispersible in milk) delivering EPA and DHA content of 113mg / 250 ml whole milk and 63 mg / 250 ml semi-skimmed milk
If you proceed to
here there is a competition to win a years supply

I can't find any breakdown of the omega content into EPA+DHA components. I don't think it matters as the DHA is more structural and the EPA more for management so both are necessary. To get this amount into perspective one 5ml of Zipvit omega juice supplies 1.5g of omega. The equivalant of 13 glasses of whole clever milk.

However Waitrose sell St.Ivel advance whole milk (2litre) at £1.45 (73p/litre) which is somewhat more expensive than ordinary or even organic milk. Providing you don't think this a substitute for providing oily fish (sardines, mackeral,pilchards,salmon etc) regularly it will provide a useful additional supplementary source of omega.

chaliepud

I am lucky my kids do eat a varied diet, including fresh salmon and tuna, it is the after taste of the fish oils that are the problem, depsite giving them choc buttons after (not ideal but hey!) They do like the Boots Omega supplement but that is very low in DHA etc. The new Eskimo-3 is great for my daughter and baby son, but my elder son will not take it now he knows it tastes like bubble gum, but I haven't given up hope yet, I have banned him from chocolate until he takes a bit! Just baked some cookies and brownies too!

Re. the Omega in milk, I was under the impression that organic milk is naturally very high in omegas (6?) ???

Hayley

Ted_Hutchinson

Drinking just half a pint a day of organic milk as part of a healthy balanced diet gives a useful additional source of this Omega 3 fatty acid, as it could provide approximately 10% of the UK’s Daily Reference Value3 of essential n-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid. A study carried out by the Institute of Environmental and Grassland Research has found that organic milk contains around two thirds more Omega 3 fatty acids than standard milk.
Tesco Whole Milk 2.272ltr/4 Pints £1.11
Tesco Organic Whole Milk 4 Pint 2.272 Litres. £1.25(£0.55/litre)

A daily 250ml serving of the new ‘Super Whole Milk' contains 48mg of DHA and EPA, or 10 times more of the omega-3 fatty acids than regular milk.

So if 48mg = 10times ordinary 4.8mg is the amount in 250mg of ordinary whole milk and two thirds more would be 3.2 so Organic milk will have about 8mg of Omega which leaves it still a long way behind the Omega enriched milk.

chaliepud

I will stick with the organic milk as I prefer to buy organic where possible and it does have that little extra Omegas in it, I don't want to overdose them, not with them already having supplements and the fresh fish in their diet - they should be superbrains!