Re: Fish oil question - so sorry!

[Guest guest]

Hi Cris-

It is not the junior you want, it is the adult version of Nordic

Naturals Complete Omega 3-6-9 (Same as ProEFA). Once your child is

taking 2 of these, you add one Nordic Naturals EPA.

HTH!

Penny

>

> So sorry to ask this question once again but I am so confused about

EPAs and EFAs. I bought

> the Omega 3-6-9 Junior by Nordic Naturals for my son. What else

should I give him? I asked

> at Whole Foods about EFAs and the lady said that it stands for

Essential Fatty Acids and that

> that is what is in the bottle I bought. So what is EPA and what is

the name of the product I

> should buy? Thank you so much for your patience, Cris

>

[Guest guest]

Well you are both right. Yes the Jr. is the same formula and yes you

want the regular and not the Jr. There really is no need for a 1/2

dosage of what would be found in infant formula for most children.

I LOVE the JR....if you want to teach your child how to swallow the

capsules. And yes for those that would need a 1/2 dosage for

whatever reason. But again that would for sure fall outside the norm

because the Jr didn't even exist for years after we all started

ProEFA. It's marketing. No such thing as " child's " fish oil.

Here's a huge archive that will either clear this up or confuse

everyone more...but I hope clear things up.

Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:30 pm

ProEFA Jr or not Jr that is the ?

I know that you are already aware the Jr version is the same

thing as the ProEFA (what this group used for years) ProEFA Jr is

just a 1/2 dosage, and since the same amount of capsules for about

the same cost -twice as expensive. Want to repost because I want

new members to know this too. If your child finds the Jr. easier to

chew and swallow- then perhaps the twice as expensive cost won't

matter. However I know quite a few members if you check the

archives who have children that chew the regular sized ProEFA.

Also for the person that adds the DHA to the ProEFA -you are changing

the

formula to one that's higher in Omega 3 and mainly in DHA -and that's

not

necessarily a good thing. May be better off adding ProEPA or Coromega

or one

like both of them that is higher in the EPA which appears to be

better (but

don't raise the Omega 3 too high even with EPA without the Omega

6/GLA or again

that may not work either)

Again however if you want the same product at around 1/2 the price -

that would

be the ProEFA.

From: " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...>

Date: Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:31 am

Subject: Re: question on proEfa jr.? kiddietalk

There again is no such thing as a " Jr. " fish oil. Companies can

make the bottle packaging/names/flavors/size of capsules more

appealing to children -but fish oil is fish oil.

ProEFA Jr. does have a cute bottle.

As far as dosage -One capsule of ProEFA (the regular) has the same

dosage as about what the FDA approved for the dosage in infant

formula. Can't get much younger than that!

" The question is can EFAs be supplemented to younger children so

that verbal apraxia/dyspraxia can be prevented? The simple

theoretical answer to this is a yes. Recently, the U.S. Food and

Drug Administration approved the addition of 100 mg/day of DHA

(Docosahexaenoic, an omega-3 EFA) and 100 mg/day of ARA (arachidonic

acid, an omega-6 EFA) that is produced from GLA to infant formula.

The purpose is to make infant formulas more like breast milk. So,

giving the content of one ProEFA to an eight months old would

provide about the same amount of DHA and half the ARA. Since some of

the linoleic acid from the borage oil will be transformed by body

into ARA, the total ARA will be close to the 100 mg/day dose. The

140 mg of EPA will be welcomed by the body. "

http://www.cherab.org/information/dietaryeffects/efatips.html#Here

http://www.expectalipil.com/

Negatives and positives of ProEFA Jr.

One dosage of ProEFA Jr. is half the dosage of one capsule of

ProEFA, or another way of saying this is that two ProEFA Jr. equals

one ProEFA. The price per bottle is about the same for ProEFA and

ProEFA Jr. (also can be called " 1/2 dosage " ) And both bottles

contain 90 capsules each. So even though the same oil - ProEFA Jr.

is twice as expensive as ProEFA -which is the biggest negative.

If like most here you are going to just put a pin in the capsule and

squeeze out the oil, the size of the capsule is irrelevant in

regards to swallowing the capsule. For most of us here have

children that can not swallow the capsules (and only a few that have

children that will pop the capsules in their mouth to chew them)

The ProEFA Jr however is excellent in my eyes for 2 reasons...

1. It's smaller so it may be easier to teach the child how to

swallow capsules.

2. Since it's an exact half dosage -good for those that wish to

start/raise the dosage 1/2 capsule at a time.

Here is the message that launched the Jr. Shop In Service 'may' be

the only place to buy it online still.

From: " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...>

Date: Tue Oct 5, 2004 11:07 pm

Subject: Introducing...ProEFA Jr. !!

Most of the new people here don't know why...but once again -Shop In

Service is the first to offer to our CHERAB members Nordic Naturals

ProEFA " Jr. " !!!

http://shopinserviceinc.goemerchant2.com/

Click on ProEFA -then scroll to bottom.

ProEFA Jr. is so new -it's not yet even

up on the Nordic Naturals website. They want to know what you guys

think of it.

ProEFA Jr. is the same product as ProEFA but just a 1/2 sized

dosage. It's a much smaller capsule -so 'may' be easier for some

older children to swallow. In addition this ProEFA Jr. will be

great for those who only want to start/raise dosage 1/2 capsule at a

time.

The photo is not up yet at the Shop In Service site -but it has the

same cute little goldfish as the DHA Jr. bottle.

(PS why Shop In Service is the 'original')

http://www.cherab.org/information/historyEFA.html

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