RE: EFA Dosage for Under 2 Year Old -- Any More Advice or Information Sources?

October 26, 2004

Theresa -I LOVE Dr. Stordy and have the honor to meet her when I

booked her and the rest for an apraxia conference in NC

http://www.cherab.org/news/events.html

Actually, both my boys started on Efalex -and Tanner's amazing

results are in her book The LCP Solution -the first story under

apraxia (which you'll read in the book -but you can also read online)

http://www.drstordy.com/stories.html

In fact that's how I met Malcolm Nicholl -her co-author who is also

the co-author with neurodevelopmental pediatrician Marilyn Agin MD

and I.

We kind of cover the difference between the Efalex formula and

ProEFA a bit more in the paperback book of The Late Talker then we

do in the hardcover. What we found as a group is that both formulas

work -but that you can use a much lower dosage of EFAs when you have

the higher EPA over DHA with the GLA. The only other difference is that

Efalex (low EPA) uses primrose oil and ProEFA uses borage seed oil for the

Omega 6. There are theories on why each company thinks the one or

the other is better. Both have strong anti inflammatory properties.

Another school of thought that may work would be instead of small

dosages like we are using that are working - ultra high mega dosages

of DHA or DHA/EPA that leave out the GLA altogether have been

reported to work in a few cases.

Can you overdose on fish oil even? -you 'can' on water and oxygen.

As far as overdosing on fish oil -

you'd probably drown your kid on the water or juice you put the fish

oil in before you got that much fish oil into him or her to find out!

The only

exception would be if you use cod liver oil or any oil from the

liver of the fish. Fish oil made from the liver of the

fish 'naturally' contains vitamin A.

For 'most' here -just one a day of ProEFA will be great to start.

Conservative dosage -but true. Here is the history

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

And you know all about infant formula/food now too. (for example)

http://www.beechnut.com/Our%20Baby%20Food/Article_First_Advantage.asp

Here's an old

archive:

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

And back to the wonderful and brilliant Dr. Jackie Stordy -I love

her quote on fish oil for all that ask about it for specific

therapeutic dosages etc.:

" Fish oil is still a blunt tool " Hope that changes soon! In the

meantime -EFAs are still be studied for everything from heart

disease and cancer to psychological diseases and gastrointestinal

disorders. Even the Fountain of Youth?

(who ever thought it would be fish oil in that fountain?!)

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=5846

If you have a specific question for Dr. Stordy let me know -and I'll

post her response back here.

For the person that asked about the other brand -the body changes

the EFAs -but the transaction isn't the same as when you just take

the right formula to start. I also know that more isn't always

better. When you give the other EFAs mixed in for example -you can

raise the Omega 3 at times too high over the Omega 6 -and the GLA in

the formula you are using is a bit low to start. I would say -just

try taking that one yourself -and starting your child on the formula

(doesn't have to be name brand) most use with moderate to dramatic

results in a day to three weeks - and then you let us know if it was

worth it (and what you see...and hear!)

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November 2, 2004

Theresa,

Did you ever find your answer to this?

On my bottle of DHA Jr (which I give to my typically developing 3 year old)

it lists that 4 soft gels of the product is serving size. On the front of

the bottle is says " for children two year and up " . I would not recommend

DHA Junior to anyone looking to help their child with speech. According to

anecdotal reports from this group and the ECHO group www.apraxia.ca , DHA

Junior did not help with speech. I am giving it to my typically developing

daughter b/c I am trying to use it up. I bought it a while back by mistake.

I think that the amount of EFAs in baby formula is about the same as in one

ProEFA so you could extrapolate from that to come up with what your child

could safely have, in my parent opinion. Don't parents feed toddlers fish

sticks? I wonder how much EFA's are in an average fish stick. (We never fed

our kids fish b/c I was afraid of the PCBs and mercury.)

Tricia Morin

North Carolina

Theresa wrote:

Dear All,

Although I have decided to temporarily stop the EFA supplementation I

started only 3 days ago in preparation for an evaluation with a pediatric

neurologist next week (see the last paragraph in

November 3, 2004

So what should a speech delayed child be taking instead of DHA Jr?

Roxanne

mom to Garrett (7/2/96), (6/23/99) and (1/1/02), wife to

http://home.satx.rr.com/flickfamily

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