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question about cod liver oil

post #1 of 5
6/2/10 at 5:23am
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Anyone give fermented cod liver oil to their children? For how long (everyday? months? years?) and what results have you seen as far as their health? Thanks in advance!
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post #2 of 5
6/2/10 at 8:40pm
we have been using Fclo for abt 2/3 wks. ds has taken clo since abt 1 yr old. he loves clo.

once we started FCLO, he loved it even more. DH takes a therapeutic dose, and then whtever is left in the medicine cup, DS gets. so, not much--about a small dropper or less.

he's healthy as a horse.

i prefer the FCLO. it smells fruitier, has a bit of a tingle, but that's it. not fishy really. whereas, we used lemon-flavored CLO before, and that was nasty. oily, lemon-fish. blech.
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post #3 of 5
6/4/10 at 4:00pm
I have been using FCLO for a few months and still have a hard time getting the kids to take it, they are getting better slowly though. I think it still tastes fishy. Also don't take it when you have a sore throat, it burns, a lot.

The kids are healthier than most of their peers, but I don't think they take the fclo often enough to say it has made a difference.
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post #4 of 5
6/5/10 at 5:11pm
DS has taken HVCLO daily (most of the time) since 1yo (he's almost 5 now) and FCLO since whenever they came out with it. When was that? DD has taken FCLO occasionally since 1yo, and daily for the past year (she's almost 3). I mix theirs with equal parts juice and they love it.

I'd say they are both very healthy, much healthier than most of their peers, if they do get sick it's mild. They are both slim but sturdy, iykwim.

For DS I can say that at 2 his teeth were kind of crowded and crooked. 3 years later, his teeth are straight with nice spaces inbetween, and in a nice half circle. DD's teeth at 2 were also crowded together and crooked. Right now I can tell they are straightening. She did not like the CLO at first, so she didn't begin taking it daily till 2. I've only been giving her 1ml, though I'm thinking of increasing that amount. The kids also take HVBO.
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post #5 of 5
6/6/10 at 12:02am
I've been giving my 2 year old daughter 1 tsp. a day of Garden Of Life's CLO for a year now.
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