"A little supplementation is always good!"
"A little supplementation can't hurt, right?"
"What if our baby lacks it too?"
"You see, their children are eating it."
Many of the children in the buy maintenance products, always confused, in the end, fish oil, cod liver oil, vitamin AD, vitamin D and vitamin D3 have what is the essential difference?
Today, to understand the relevant details!
For ease of reading, the following content vitamin A is referred to as VA, vitamin D is referred to as VD.
1 picture to teach you to quickly differentiate
Saving everyone's time, I will first zoom in, teach you to quickly differentiate.
If you feel a little dizzy looking at the picture, then listen to me next to give you the details.
Fish oil VS cod liver oil
Literally, it is very good to understand:
1. different extraction sites
2. different composition, efficacy
Fish oil is rich in DHA and EPA, which can lower the blood fat, prevent cardiovascular disease and other effects.
The main components of cod liver oil are vitamin A and vitamin D, which are used for the prevention and treatment of rickets, night blindness and pediatric tetany.
3. Suitable for different groups of people
Cod liver oil: children insufficient outdoor activities, the body's vitamin D storage capacity is low. It is recommended that appropriate additional supplementation, the elderly non-specific type does not need to be supplemented.
Fish oil: if breast milk or formula + complementary feeding is sufficient, infants, children do not need fish oil supplements; the elderly need to be appropriate supplementation.
4. The dangers of getting fish oil and cod liver oil wrong
Cod liver oil and fish oil can never be confused in the use of fish oil as cod liver oil, due to the small dose, the impact is relatively small.
But if you take cod liver oil as fish oil, it may lead to a large accumulation of vitamin A and vitamin D, two fat-soluble vitamins, in the body, which can produce acute and chronic toxic side effects.
For example, oily and itchy skin, hair loss, low gastrointestinal and digestive function.
Cod liver oil VS Vitamin AD
1. Different sources
2. When children want to supplement VA, VD, in the end, whether to eat cod liver oil or vitamin AD preparations?
Actually, both are OK, but pay attention to the ratio of VA and VD. Of course, if your baby is allergic to seafood, you should definitely buy vitamin AD preparations.
Vitamin AD VS Vitamin D
We mentioned earlier that vitamin AD is composed of VA and VD, which can prevent night blindness and rickets, pediatric convulsions. Mamas usually after giving birth to a child, the hospital will be prescribed.
But some hospitals don't prescribe vitamin AD, prescribe vitamin D, and how is this? What is the difference between them?
1. Composition, efficacy of different
So, parents, although vitamin AD also has vitamin D, but if the child's body lacks calcium need to supplement calcium, or be sure to buy vitamin D, the content is high, the effect is good, so as not to waste money.
The difference between vitamin D and vitamin D3
No big difference.
Vitamin D3 has the highest bio-metabolism rate in the vitamin D family, which means it is the most highly utilized, otherwise there is no major difference and it can basically be considered the same.