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Ugh -- I bought Carlson's Norwegian fish oil and thought I was buying the smallest size so that I could try it. Turns out its children's! 800 mg. Do I just double the dose, since their adult fish oil is 1600 mg? Will I get enough nutrient from fish oil alone? Bought it because it was the only brand refrigerated at Whole Foods. I'd prefer capsules so welcome all recommendations for brands/dosing and confirmation that these really do have to be refrigerated at store and home. Many thanks!

thisiswater wrote:Ugh -- I bought Carlson's Norwegian fish oil and thought I was buying the smallest size so that I could try it. Turns out its children's! 800 mg. Do I just double the dose, since their adult fish oil is 1600 mg? Will I get enough nutrient from fish oil alone? Bought it because it was the only brand refrigerated at Whole Foods. I'd prefer capsules so welcome all recommendations for brands/dosing and confirmation that these really do have to be refrigerated at store and home. Many thanks!

Do you have a link to the actual product you purchased? http://www.carlsonlabs.com/

This is what I bough. I didn't have my glasses and didn't see the "kids'" on the label!; http://www.carlsonlabs.com/p-230-carlso ... lavor.aspx

thisiswater wrote:This is what I bough. I didn't have my glasses and didn't see the "kids'" on the label!; http://www.carlsonlabs.com/p-230-carlso ... lavor.aspx

Thanks. What you want to look at is the combined amount of EPA and DHA. In this case, it's 650 mg/0.5 tsp. I would take at least 1 tsp or 1.5 tsp based on the EPA+DHA.