Do you give children extra CLO when they're sick?

[Mrshawwk]

This makes sense to me. Extra vit A during any sickness is good, right? But I haven't actually heard of anyone doing this, so I wonder if I'm missing something. I'm talking about all sickness, from colds on up.

Thanks!

[Mirzam]

Yes I have.

[duckmom]

yes, doing it now, in fact. here's a WAPF excerpt (bold is mine):

As a general guideline, we recommend the following doses of vitamin A from cod liver oil, along with a nutrient-dense diet that contains other vitamin A-rich foods:

Children age 3 months to 12 years: A dose of cod liver oil that provides about 5000 IU vitamin A daily
Children over 12 years and adults: A maintenance dose of cod liver oil that provides about 10,000 IU vitamin A daily
Pregnant and nursing women: A dose of cod liver oil that provides about 20,000 IU vitamin A daily

Individuals under stress or wishing to use cod liver oil to treat a disease condition may take much larger doses, even up to 90,000 IU vitamin A per day, for a period of several weeks.

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnut...-menu.html#art

[Mrshawwk]

Have you seen results? I gave my daughter two teaspoons yesterday. She slept badly because her nose was so stuffed up. but I gave her another dose this morning, and her nose didn't run at all until late this afternoon. So I don't know what to make of that. Now her nose is a fountain of snot. Clear snot, so that's encouraging. We'll see, I guess.

Thanks!

[steffanie3]

Wow, thanks duckmom, I wouldn't have known a pregnant/nursing dose is so high. I haven't been doing that very often, I will kick up my CLO intake

[Ruthla]

I can't seem to get my kids to take CLO at all.

At least this thread title reminded me to take my CLO today (and yesterday when I first saw it even though I never clicked on the thread.) I'm currently dealing with a head cold. I had two days of burning red throat but now my throat is better (not 100% though) and it's moved into my nose.