Omega 3 capsules (merged)

loopylass

black-saturn wrote:

Try Haliborange (3 for 2 in Boots at the moment). My kids have been taking it for years and they love the taste.

Yes i get my children these and i buy the big pot which is £8.99 for 90 tablets (orange ones)so i stock up when its 3 for 2 and my children love them
As one of my children are fussy i tried it and it tastes like fresh orange juice

chaliepud

Hi

My kids liked the Eskimo Oil, the bubble gum flavour, can't remember where I got it from, try googling it, it wasn't that cheap either but the EPA levels etc were good too.

HTH

Hayley

loopylass

Haliborange omega 3 fish oil
children over 3 take 2 tablets daily

nutrition information
average values, per 2 capsules, %RDA
fish oil 400mg .
providing omega 3
Nutrients 260mg .

of which DHA 200mg
of which EPA 28mg
vitamin A 800mg 100
vitamin D 5mg 100
vitamin E 3mg 30
vitamin C 60mg 100

The first number is per 2 capsules and those that have a second number is % RDA (recommended daily allowance)

Ted_Hutchinson

Don't forget that one sardine out of a tin of Sardines and Tomato sauce will contain approx 420mg EPA +280mg DHA=700mg of omega 3
Having higher EPA to DHA is preferable as both are needed in the brain and EPA can be metabolised to DHA but not vis versa. So if there are 3 sardines in the 18p Netto's tin each 6p sardine contains the equivalent of £1.05 worth of haliborange omega 3 for kids.

If you are paying £7.99 for 30 capsules at 3 for 2=£15.98 for 90 =35p daily
for 2 haliborage @ EPA 28mg+DHA 200mg=260mg Omega 3

Quite how Haliborange have the nerve to charge so much when the raw ingredients are so cheap outstands me but in my view having one sardine on each of 4 days a week seems a much healthier and cheaper option.
The vits and calcium would also be in the sardine. Remember a portion = 140g so these 4 netto's sardines would still only make one of your FSA Oily fish allowance portions.

The standard small 125g tins of sardines in tomato sauce contain about 80g of drained weight sardine and I'm working from my last tin which had 3 sardines in it. The whole tin should have just over 2g omega3.
PS You must not increase the number of Haliborange capsules to try to match the nutritional value of one Netto's sardine as you would be increasing the amount of vitamin A too much. Don't worry about the vitamin d amount that RDA is absurd your children actually need 2000iu daily rather than 200iu and they will get that by playing outdoors in the sunshine for 10 minutes. 20 mins outdoors nude on a sunny day would provide 10,000iu so you can see what a trivial amount the stupid official RDA represents.

Mumstheword

Thank you


Ted, could you remind me of the epa and dha values of a teaspoon of omega juice??


Your calculations were out a bit, I think the figure quoted was 8.99 for a pot of 90, on a buy 2 get 3rd feww, so it's 270 for £9 = 135 days supply = almost 7p per day (or 21p with 3 kids, lol)

But of more onterest to me, is whether the haliborange epa and dha are worthwhile? Or are the amounts too small to be of significance?


thanks again for everyones help!

Chell

One of the 'Pure' marg range contains added Omega 3 & 6 oils but I'm not sure what quantity. I think its the Sunflower marg, the yellow pack.

Ted_Hutchinson

Mumstheword wrote:

Ted, could you remind me of the epa and dha values of a teaspoon of omega juice??

900EPA+600DHA=1.5g omega 3 in 5ml
Taking half a teaspoon of OJ would provide an equivalent amount to that used here information on the Durham Trials for Omega-3 and children with learning difficulties

Mumstheword wrote:

Your calculations were out a bit, I think the figure quoted was 8.99 for a pot of 90, on a buy 2 get 3rd feww, so it's 270 for £9 = 135 days supply = almost 7p per day (or 21p with 3 kids, lol)

Sorry I went to the Boots online website and used information from there.

Mumstheword wrote:

But of more onterest to me, is whether the haliborange epa and dha are worthwhile? Or are the amounts too small to be of significance?

ANY will be better than none as every little counts. But there is a big difference between 228mg and 750mg which is what you would get in half a tsp of OJ.
Would you think it sensible to take just one sardine from a tin of sardines in tomato sauce/or brine and share that between your 3 kids? They would certainly get more omega 3 that way than the Haliboragen tabs, but not a very tasty sandwich.

Mumstheword

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

Would you think it sensible to take just one sardine from a tin of sardines in tomato sauce/or brine and share that between your 3 kids? They would certainly get more omega 3 that way than the Haliboragen tabs, but not a very tasty sandwich.

The taste is the problem really. I'm aiming to get a 10yr old, 5yr old and 3yr old to happily take this every day. They would get used to sardines eventually, but maybe the juice hidden under some jam on a piece of toast is my best bet.

Thanks everyone.

shokadelika

Mumstheword wrote:

The taste is the problem really. I'm aiming to get a 10yr old, 5yr old and 3yr old to happily take this every day. They would get used to sardines eventually, but maybe the juice hidden under some jam on a piece of toast is my best bet.

Thanks everyone.

Try Healthspan St Clements cod liver oil it tastes orangey lemony you have a money back guarentee if they dont like it I promise you we and freinds/family are taking it it tastes nothing like the Zipvit Omega Juice or Cod Liver oil.Anyway both are easy to hide in youghurt,ice cream,salad dressing,custard,soup,beans,milk!!!!
http://www.healthspan.co.uk/shop/product.aspx?Id=CODL
plus you are getting valuable vitamins A+D and Omega 3 and these are natural in the oil not synthetic as in Seven Seas and most other products.
Dose children 1-4 2.5ml aged 5 and over 5ml these amounts are tiny and you should have no problem hiding the dose. you would be getting DHA 460mg EPA 345mg in each 5ml dose.

Mumstheword

shokadelika - I've ordered a bottle of that to try.

It's not got the concentration of the zipvit one, but it's more dha and getting towards the level of epa as used in the tests mentioned by ted.

I think what i mean is.... if the kids accept the taste, it's a heck of a lot better than the level they are currently getting!! lol

Thanks everyone