Omega 3 capsules (merged)

Ted_Hutchinson

S400 SIMPLY SUPPPLEMENTS Omega 3 Fish Oil - 360 Capsules 1000mg £9.99
There are 9 packets of 40 in one pack of 360 so the Simply Supplements cost £1.11 for 40 However these are 1000mg and not 500mg so they have twice as much oil in them.

If you had been paying attention to my previous posts you would know that ideally 3 or 4gram of OMEGA 3 is an ideal amount daily. However we may assume that some of the food you eat is healthy and may contain some so if you just aimed for 1.5g of omega you could get that from 1 teaspoon of Zipvit Omega Juice.

If you prefer the capsule route you need to know that FISH OIL is not all OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID. In fact each 1000mg fish oil capusule usually only contain 1.2mg epa + .8mg dha=0.3mg of Omega. So to get 1.5mg of omega 3 you need at least 5 capsules if they are the 1000mg size or 10 of the capsules from Poundland.

It is because it is cheaper and easier to take one tsp of Zipvit Omega Juice that I keep plugging it as this contains. 900mg of epa and 600mg of dha =1.5g Omega. For £5.95 you get 360ml so one bottle lasts one person 72 days and cost you about 8p a day.
If your 40 capsules cost £1 and they only provide the equivalent of 4 days worth of omega 3 then they cost 25p for the same amount of omega3.

black-saturn

I have been paying attention sir I just put that info up for anyone who can't buy online. I couldnt buy online until a month ago as I didnt have a debit card, so info saying I could buy it in Poundland would have been very useful.

Also those 1000mg tablets tend to be too big for my 8 year old to swallow. Giving her 2 500mg capsules is a much better option. Those 1000mg ones look like they should be shoved up a horses :eek:

But thanks anyway.

kaan_is

hello Ted...did you manage to reconstruct the answer?

kaan_is

thanks Ted...all the best.

ysoskint

From what age would you give children these vitamins from please?
My children are 2 & 4. Thanks

black-saturn

You can start giving them when they are about 2 but you would probably have to buy the liquid form of it rather than the capsules.

They are selling Omega 3 capsules in Poundland now and they are 500mg each so 2 a day would be the right dosage.

HappySad

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bunken

I would like to purchase fish oil supplements for my nieces, 3 yrs old and 6 yrs old. Could someone recommend capsule/liquid I could buy at Boots?

I was on my way to buy the Haliborange twisty fish capsules till I found this thread.

I need to buy in store as I don't have time for the shipping.

Can you only get the Omega juice from zipvit online?

Thanks in advance

Ted_Hutchinson

You can only buyZipvit Omega Juice online If you phone them 08000282875 and tell them you must have it by return I'm sure they will oblige.
However if you are buying from the high street you need to look at the label for the OMEGA 3 contents and add together the EPA and DHA figures and try to work out the cost per gram of OMEGA 3.
There is a version of liquid orange flavoured omega3 that was being sold a Boyes which had the same omega content as OMEGA JUICE and at a similar price but our local Boyes doesn't stock it any more but we do have a small branch locally.
I should point out Omega Juice is a bit of an acquired taste and some people aren't prepared to take the time to acquire a taste for it. So maybe only start with one bottle.

black-saturn

I dont know if this is the right board or not but feel free to move it if it needs to be.

I have been giving my children Omega 3 fish oil for 3 years and have seen no end of amazing benefits to it. Their teachers can't believe the improvement in their school work. Would it be possible to also give the original (no flavourings or colourings added) capsules to my dog?