Easy fish oils/Re: To Grace re: glutamate?? Omega 3's

[Guest guest]

just wanted to add that we've had a HUGE moment here---my 11 year old son, who's

been an increasingly obsessive vegetarian for the past 5 years---finally gave

in to a few

drops of fish oil last week after a one-year staunch refusal. His pediatrician,

Dr.

Sears, " prescribes " fish oil as an alternate to SSRIs, etc. and did so in my

son's case a year

ago (Sears strongly believes that fish oil will be the " prescription of choice "

for therapists

in the next 10 years.) Of course, my son said " no way " to anything animal, and

refused.

Lo and behold, after just a couple weeks, we are seeing changes. I am very much

a skeptic

at heart (I was a reporter after all) but I can't but wonder if this is more

than a coincidence.

Our son has suddenly become a little more cooperative, a little less " rule "

obsessed, and

dare I say...more comfortable in his own skin. Not hugely, but there has

definitely been

some improvement.

I realize this is going to sound like a Dr. Sears commercial (sorry!) but he now

has his own

line of liquid fish oils designed for kids (and no, I am not on commission).

Apparently it's

been highly refined in order to get out the fishy taste and smell. It definitely

goes down

easier, but it's not exactly Hershey's Syrup either. It's lemon-strawberry or

something like

that (we're traveling and I don't have it with me). A teaspoon in smoothies, or

mixed into

peanut butter and jelly, or hot cereal, or ketchup or salad dressing...has

worked great for

my son. It is not cheap---I think it was $25 for a small bottle (a metal bottle,

which I like).

HTH,

Cat

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> > Hi Grace,

> Just fyi, my son (adhd) 14 takes the chewable form of fish oil.. lemon

> flavored. They also have strawberry flavored.. junior/nordic fish oil.

> He actually likes it!

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> Alice

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