r/veganparenting • u/WasteHeart8695 • 21d ago

NUTRITION DHA supplements

Hey, has anyone else tried garden of life kids plant omega-3 liquid supplement? I have a six and an eight year-old, and while they take a daily multivitamin, I’d like to start sneaking some DHA into their daily “healthy shakes”. I put lots of things in that shake, including flaxseed and or Chia seeds, but I’m a little worried about DHA.

Does anyone have experience with this brand, or thoughts on this plan?

Thanks so much,

-Mitch

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u/pipkin42 21d ago

What worries you about DHA?

We use Nordic Naturals. Seems fine

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u/WasteHeart8695 21d ago

That my kids don’t get enough of it, or don’t make enough of it on their own. They’re both very, very smart and show no signs of brain development issues, but it does seem like most people would benefit from DHA supplementation. I tried it myself, but it gave me such bad brain fog for a month that I had to stop.

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u/WasteHeart8695 21d ago

I tried that Nordic naturals, but it was like a little bowl of tasteless liquid in the middle of a slightly larger ball that tasted like plastic, so I didn’t even bother giving it to my kids. There is no way they would have ever eaten more than one of those. Your kids must be much more adventurous than mine.

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u/faire_du_papier 21d ago

You might want to try it in a smoothie yourself first. I've never tried it but since it's from algae it might give a weird flavor and you'll want to figure out how to mask it before their first experience with it. With the coconut in it you might want to try tropical fruits for a better flavor harmony.

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u/Large_Goose_1708 21d ago

We use vegetology kids one which is in liquid form and has an orange flavour. I mix it into their yogurt and they don’t notice it

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u/a_taleoftwo_kitties 21d ago

Garden of life omega 3 doesn't have DHA in it. It's basically just flax oil. You need a DHA supplement from algae oil. I get Norsan's and it's a liquid with a dropper. The liquid itself isn't really yummy or anything, And the aftertaste is kind of gross, so I have a second dropper bottle full of juice and it give one dropper of the DHA and then one dropper of the juice as a sort of "chaser." Both my 5yo and 1yo are fine with taking it. DHA is important imo