Does anyone take them?

I used to take them years ago when I was on a low carb diet. My hair got nice, my nails grew like mad...it was great. Even though its not proven to help with hair loss, I need to start taking them again, my hair is falling out in clumps, I have strands left of what was once nice thick hair..... sigh.

The pills I see in the store are HUGE!! there's no way I'm taking them or breaking them open ICK (pheew).

Would you know if they make small ones that a banster can take?

Thanks lovies :biggrin1:

The only omega's I have seen are huge and they taste awful when you break them open. You can get omega in high doses from salmon and, believe it or not, from ONE (yup, just one) macadamia nut.

I just take two teaspoons of Udo's oil. The oil is not foul tasting - tastes rather nutty and it better than Omega 3 alone as it contains omega three and 6 in the appropriate dosage.

Excellent stuff.

Laine:)

Barlean's Oil. Look them up on the internet. And fish oil that is lemon flavored.

If it's a CAPSULE you can soak it for a few minutes - when it gets a saggy, overrripe-grape look to it you'll be able to swallow it down no problem. I learned this trick from my band doctor who has a band himself! Thanks Dr. Rumbaut.

Andrew Lessman vitamin's from the from www.hsn.com has Essential Omega-3, they are pretty small. I take them and I haven't had any problems yet. They also have "Healthy Skin and Nails" it is loaded with biotin and really stopped my hair from coming out, (this was before I was banded). I haven't tried them since I was banded. Good Luck! I wonder if you take enough biotin and Omega 3's you can prevent loosing much hair?

I take flax seed oil gel pills and Hair, skin & nail (1 tablet) vitamin. The vitamin can be split, but I dont have any problems taking either one of these right now. I get them at Walmart. I have also lost lots of hair bt in 2.5 weeks of taking these in combo and alsready see lots of new hair growth and nails are growing good also. A bariatric doc recommended the flax seed gel pills, but I believe it also come in liquid - nutty flavor

I was told by my nutrionist to get my Omega3 from my margarine.

We take a tablespoon of flaxseed oil each in this household - not capsules. It really does help with dry skin, flaky nails and my son's exzema and asthma.

I find "real food" Omega 3's and 6's have more effect in terms of my skin and hair than taking capsules, though I'm not sure why. I notice if I go for a long time including lots of nuts, salmon, other fish, the flaxseed oil etc I"ll suddenly notice I'm literally glowing. Whereas capsules seem to produce no noticeable effect.

Too bad all the good foods high in Omega fats are horribly expensive, lol.

I really dont believe a true low fat diet is that great for you, you jsut have to eat the right fats and it comes down to quantity - you cant eat a lot to keep the calories low enough to lose, but there's little point for your health in eating a ton of fat free stuff.

I usually take those huge capsules of Omega 3 (on a daily basis) and never had any problems. I get wonderful results on hair, skin and nails (and it's good for internal organs, keeping your cholesterol levels down, etc). As one of the previous posts mentioned, when in contact with Water (I take them with a full glass of water) it gets all soggy and soft. I don't really think there's a risk of getting it stuck but just in case I'll be asking my Doctor about it.

niki

Omegga threes have dropped my cholesterol 50 points in 1 month. I get them from a Norway company in huge pills. They sell it in liquid and I will be getting some. They are so so good for you.

Thanks everyone YOUR THE BEST !!!

Actually that would be true of gel capsules, I never thought of it - they wouldnt get stuck becuase they do go soft and mushy pretty quickly once they're in contact with water.

I asked my band doctor about taking Omega 3's in the gel tab form and he said no way. He said that the gelatin coating can act like a plug and block the small opening between the pouch and your stomach and get stuck. He said the only way to dislodge it is with a endoscopy. He says that he has seen this happen to patients more times than he would like. He said to only take the oils in liquid or natural form. I will have to ask him about soaking the tab before swallowing.

You could always pierce the capsules and squirt the contents into juice or water too. I've done that for the kids before. But its easier to just buy the oil and take it.