Vegan and Omega Supplements

[Guest guest]

Does any have a child with apraxia and do the omega supplementation with vegan

supplements. How and What do you use?

I am considering using the ProEFA's and what ever other fish oil is suggested,

but it is a really hard decision for me. My husband has never eaten meat and

can not imagine giving it to our son who is three and had apraxia. Do we have

an alternative supplement option?

Has anyone else had to make this decision as a vegetarian?

Thank you!

[Guest guest]

I know this is not exactly what you are looking for, but there is a DHA product,

by Thorne, that is Algae based and not fish based. Perhaps you could even

contact

the company for more advice.

http://www.thorne.com/order_online.wss/search_display/individual_product/item_gu\

id/ce71f732-8df7-0fa9-e698-3084d0cbafd3

I hope this helps you a little or at least leads you in a helpful direction.

- Holly

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From: dougandjoella <dougandjoella@...>

Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:31:15 AM

Subject: [ ] Vegan and Omega Supplements

Does any have a child with apraxia and do the omega supplementation with vegan

supplements. How and What do you use?

I am considering using the ProEFA's and what ever other fish oil is suggested,

but it is a really hard decision for me. My husband has never eaten meat and

can not imagine giving it to our son who is three and had apraxia. Do we have

an alternative supplement option?

Has anyone else had to make this decision as a vegetarian?

Thank you!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We went thru the same thing. I have been a vegetarian for 26 years and am

raising both our sons as vegetarians (my husband is not one!). My older son and

I take Omega Zen 3 by NuTru which is only DHA 300mg, there also is V-Pure which

has DHA 350mg and EPA 50mg. Unfortunately the " cocktail " dosage which

[Guest guest]

I'm not a vegan at this point of my life, but I was time ago. I'm giving my

almost 3 yo girl the fish oil (mixing several products, since I'm in Argentina

and we have not Nordic Naturals down here, grrrr) *and*, recently, I started

suplementing her with a Walnut Oil called Omega 3 6 9 (it's in Spanish, and it's

made down here, but just in case here it's the link...:

http://www.nussvital.com.ar/index.php/pd ). The fish oils are doing WONDERS for

her, and with this product we have a new awesome surge!

I searched and maybe one of these products may work for you:

http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/vegan-omega-3-6-9-formula-by-country-life\

..htm

http://www.barleans.com/flaxoil_blends.asp

http://www.veganstore.com/now-omega-3_dash_6_dash_9-liquid/Page_1/907.html

Keep in mind vegan formulas (I'm almost sure) have not the Omega 3's present in

fish oils (DHA and EPA) but its 'precursor' (ALA = Alpha Linolenic Acid),

neither the Omega 6 present in the NN formula (GLA = gamma linolenic acid) but,

again, its 'parent' (LA = Linolenic Acid). (The Omega 9, Oleic Acid, it's fine).

All that bla bla meaning: a healthy human with good nutrition and withtout

metabolic problems will convert all those precursors in the fatty acids of the

'working' formula (DHA + EPA + GLA + OA, present in Nordic Naturals ProEFA). But

it's hard to determine how/ how much/ if they convert... I suspect some of our

children have problem with *that* conversion, exactly.

Hope it helps a bit!

(I apologize for all the mistakes, I don't speak English and I hardly can write

in it, as you can see!)