Omega 3 capsules (merged)

Jet

I ordered the omega juice from zipvit and my son hates it! I tried hiding it in orange juice but he still didn't like it. He's not normally a fussy boy but I think this might be a struggle.

I think putting it on his toast might work but he doesn't very often eat toast.

Anybody got any recommendations for tablets for children with a high omega 3 count? He really liked the haliborange ones but I know that they're not very high in Omega 3.

Don't worry - the omega juice won't be wasted - I'll be mixing it in with my own morning orange juice.

Moorepart

I woz told by my doctor,woz omega fish oil should be from fish flash NOT liver, like many products are mixer of both. E-mail them and find out 4 more Info:

orders@essenitalwellbeing.co.uk

hrafndot

Moorepart wrote:

I woz told by my doctor,woz omega fish oil should be from fish flash NOT liver, like many products are mixer of both. E-mail them and find out 4 more Info:

orders@essenitalwellbeing.co.uk

I think that cod liver may provide too much vitamin D for our liver to cope with in summer when we are getting Vit D from sunlight (particularly children). I take cod liver in the winter and fish oil in summer. Has Ted got any views on this?

gravitytolls

frizz_head wrote:

After reading a post on the discussions board, I decided to try the Haliborange capsules - after my daughter tried and hated the Boots Omega 3 Liquid. I paid £3.99 for 30 capsules in Boots, and as I was paying was given a couple of free samples with 50 points voucher attached for subsequent purchases.

My kids really like these, but at £3.99 for 30, this is only going to last me 15 days.

Someone told me ages ago that 'Savers' do Omega 3 capsules, but at the time, my daughter would not have swallowed a capsule, so I didn't look into it.

Have anyone bought any from Savers - can they recommend them? I don't think mine would be so keen if they weren't flavoured.

I buy omega 3 from savers for adults.... its about £3.99 for 90, though currently on special offer with 30 free:D .

I tried several varieties for children, the best so far is Morrisons fruit bombs, at £1.79 for 30, or two pots for £2.50(ish).

Anyhoo, the children like the taste and chew them readily. Thery detested the syrup versions, and soon became disenchanted with chewable orange.

We all take 'em to improve concentration, and hopefully stave off dementia as we age.

Ted_Hutchinson

Omega 3 Fish Oils - 1000mg Our lowest price ever for this extremely high quality product. Rich in fatty acids, containing 180mg EPA and 120mg DHA.£9.75/360

Zipvit is still cheaper than Savers for Omega fish oils.

Can't comment on the morrisons but for them to be effective they need to provide in total over 550mg of EPA. So if you check the contents and feed back the total amount of Omega in the Fruit Bombs we'll have a better idea of value for money.

marylee

Thanks for this Ted, I am using healthspan now. It seems that Zipvit is cheaper but are they any good sometimes cheaper can more expensive if the quality is inferior? I am saying they are but would like moneysaving expert members' opinion.

aliasojo

Just to confuse the issue even more.......it seems that it's not just the levels of EPA and DHA that are important, the ratio of these also plays a part.

The Durham trial used eyeq oils which is a different ratio to the Zipvit ones. Zipvit is a ratio of 3:2 whereas the eyeq is a ratio of 4:1.

http://www.equazen.com/default.aspx?pid=25

gravitytolls

I am getting confused... We tall take omega 3, but shouldn't we also be taking 6 & 9 as well?

And i also take vitamon B complex, which I think is improving my digestion, but is it really necessary? And it doesn't seem to be improving my mood.

What about cod liver oils etc? Are they necassary if we're taking omega oils?

aliasojo

Eyeq has 6 in it as well. Sorry....I'm beginning to sound like an advert, lol.

Ted_Hutchinson

marylee wrote:

Thanks for this Ted, I am using healthspan now. It seems that Zipvit is cheaper but are they any good sometimes cheaper can more expensive if the quality is inferior? I am saying they are but would like moneysaving expert members' opinion.

You can sometimes find online vouchers for Healthspan which bring the price down nearer to Zipvit's. ie CAR-KJY will allow £2 off £18 plus an extra £1 if order is placed online before 30.09.05
But Healthspan have to pay for their advertising, catalogue, and website all of which are far more expensive looking than ZIPVIT's. If you are taken in by glossy presentation and regard that as worth paying for it's your choice. The measurable quality markers such as the amounts of EPA and DHA are the same so I suspect that anyone who thinks Healthspan's are actually better are kidding themselves.