WellKid® Omega-3 because you want the very best start for your kids

WellKid^® Omega-3 Softburst capsules have been developed for active children aged 4-12 years, to provide an ideal source of Omega-3, which has increasingly been shown in global research to be especially important for healthy growing kids. Each sugar free capsule provides the essential fatty acid EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) plus DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid). Each capsule also provides the full RDA of Vitamin D3, which has many benefits but is especially needed for normal growth and development of children’s bones.

WellKid^® Omega-3 is ideal taken alongside WellKid^® Smart Chewable to provide a full spectrum of multivitamins.

High purity Omega-3 & Vitamin D3
We all know that kids can be fussy eaters, so it is important to give them a supplement that tastes great, has no fishy aftertaste, and which they are pleased to take. WellKid^® Omega-3 Softburst is a premium quality soft chewy capsule that provides Omega-3 fish oil with a delicious natural lemon flavour with no added sugar, that kids love.

The soft chewy capsules have been produced by Vitabiotics expert nutritional team with the highest standards of purity and quality control, to offer an ideal source of extra Omega-3 at a time when more and more published research is highlighting the importance of this essential fatty acids to support healthy growth and development.

EPA & DHA
EPA and DHA are classed as essential fatty acids because they cannot be made by the body efficiently and therefore must be obtained through the diet.

Omega-3 fatty acids are important for all ages, but especially in children to help maintain:
• An all round fit and healthy body.
• To help maintain calcium absorption for bones, nails and teeth.
• Eye health, development and vision.
• Brain function
• Cell signalling & energy.
• Healthy skin formation.
• Heart health and circulation.
• Joint health and development.

Fatty acids and brain function in kids
There's a reason why fish is known as “brain food”! Omega-3 fatty acids are required for healthy brain development, optimal brain function and cell signalling (when nerve cells communicate with each other).

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is found in high concentrations in the gray matter of the brain and is a structural Omega-3 and therefore essential during pregnancy and early infancy. Whilst DHA still remains important in childhood, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) then takes over as a functional Omega-3 that ensures healthy brain communication and function, as well as blood flow and performance, hence the higher level for EPA than DHA found within WellKid^® Omega-3 Softburst for the 4-12 year age group.

Eye health & Omega-3
Recent research shows that Omega-3 fatty acids play an important structural and functional role in the retina. Adequate levels of DHA must be maintained in the retina for it to function properly and to help maintain good visual acuity in children.

Healthy joints, bones and teeth
As well as the benefits of Omega-3 for healthy joint and bone development, each WellKid^® Omega-3 Softburst capsule provides the full RDA of Vitamin D3 (5mcg / 200 IU). This is present in the form of high quality pharmaceutical grade vitamin D3 in the preferred, more active cholecalciferol form as found in the body. Vitamin D is important for the absorption of calcium needed to support the health of rapidly growing bones and teeth.

The growing importance of Vitamin D3
Vitamin D plays a truly remarkable role in the body and is essential for all round good health. It is not only vital for helping keep strong bones in rapidly growing children, but is now known for its role in the immune system and heart health.

Vitamin D has been found to influence all 36 organ tissues in the body and new research shows that optimum intake levels of vitamin D may be far higher than previously thought.
As well as bone health, vitamin D3 also helps maintain all round good health including:
• Brain & mood,
• Immune system,
• Cardio-vascular function

Vitamin D is synthesized by the body on exposure to sunlight, however many parents are now following health advice to avoid too much sun exposure and be extra careful with children’s delicate skin, often using high SPF sun creams, which reduces vitamin D levels in the body.

It is therefore especially important to make sure children are having a nutritional safeguard such as WellKid^® Softburst which includes their full RDA of vitamin D3.

Vitamin D in the diet
Vitamin D is only naturally present in a limited number of foods (e.g. oily fish such as herring, sardines, fish liver oils, eggs, butter), which may be foods that are difficult to get children to eat regularly. Because vitamin D is fat soluble, advice to eat lower fat diets, and the raising concern about childhood obesity may contribute to reduced intakes from foods rich in Vitamin D and hence dietary supplementation may be recommended.

With extra Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant vitamin and is particularly important to help maintain healthy:
• Skin.
• Blood formation.
• Heart and circulation.
• Eye health.
Vitamin E’s antioxidant properties mean that is also helps to protect the omega-3 oil itself, and so its inclusion provides a dual benefit in WellKid Omega-3.

Sustainable fisheries
The Omega-3 oil used in WellKid^® Omega-3 Softburst is composed of high quality triglycerides, sourced from small fatty fish including: sardines, lake trout and mackerel.

Quality and Purity
WellKid^® Omega-3 Softburst oils are designed to meet the highest pharmaceutical standards of quality and are certified and fully compliant with stringent EC and WHO rules on environmental pollutants. This means you can be sure of the cleanest, highest quality standards, free from contaminants such as mercury, dioxins and PCB’S.