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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Jett's Supplement List

Happy, healthy Jett at 3 years old
Below are the supplements that Jett currently takes (it does fluctuate) to combat the effects of the 21st chromosome. Please click the links for explanations as to why, how, our experience, products etc. 

You may notice that my list is different than what is suggested in the Changing Minds Foundation website (This protocol is outdated and I don't agree with the pharmaceuticals suggested), NuTriVene's Complete Program (minus the folic acid, Piracetam, Aricept and Namenda) or LifeExtension's Treatment of DS Summary (minus the glutamine, for most kids, but Jett actually takes it). This is because the more I learn, the more I am able to pick and choose what works best for Jett.





Common Questions 
 
Where do I start?

It may be a good idea to start with a Down syndrome specific multivitamin that has been formulated by experts. All of our children have the same diagnosis, but none of our children exhibit exactly the same symptoms. So it makes sense that while many of our kids may need many similar nutrients, which a multivitamin will cover, each child's perfect blend of nutrients will be unique to him/her. So, consider starting with a multivitamin and then add supplements as needed. Some of these multivitamin companies will customize the vitamin dependant on lab results of your child as well.

How do I know what my child needs?

Each of our children is unique, so your list will eventually evolve according to your child's cues as well. There are several tools for making these decisions:
1. Get Lab Tests

2. Check for Signs of nutritional deficiency

3. Get muscle testing and or tested from a zyto machine technician

4. Compare similar children's protocols at Autism360.org

5. Keep track of your child symptoms.
You can muscle test your child to see if he can tolerate supplements that you are interested in before he even tries it. Muscle testing is available at some chiropractors, naturopaths, NAET practitioners and integrated medicine practitioners. Here's a youtube video that explains how to muscle test. This technique has worked well for Jett. 

If your child muscle tests negative for an item that you feel would benefit him, you can use NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique) to "clear" the "allergen" so that your child can tolerate it. NAET has worked well for Jett. Kristen Morrison of Naturally Better Kids swears by this technique for her child with Down syndrome.

Email me and I will send you a document that will help you keep track of dosage, side effects and other observations specific to your child. The more information you gather on your child, the better you can decide what is and isn't working. 
To compare what works for other kids who have similar strengths and symptoms as your child, you can set up a free, secure profile at Autism360.org. And no, your child doesn't have to have autism to benefit from this secure, useful, interactive database.
 
How can I support my child's intake of nutrients?

You'll want to make sure that your child is best able to metabolize these nutrients. If your child has untreated Celiac disease (more common in DS than is realized, in my opinion) or simply a sensitivity to gluten, you may want to consider avoiding gluten (found in wheat products). Gluten can irritate the fine hairs in the digestive system so much so that the hairs can fall out and cause your child's food to not be properly metabolized. So your child may be eating great foods, but isn't getting the nutrients from it because it just slides quickly by, instead of being caught in the fine hairs and slowly guided through the digestive tract. I'd hate for you to be spending a lot of money on supplements when your child can't even use them properly. Jett is gluten free to aid in digestion.

Milk can cause block your child's ability to properly process folate (in addition to other negative effects like congestion). You may want to consider avoiding milk. Jett is dairy and casein free as well. See Cerebral folate deficiency in Down syndrome for details.
Jett's Supplement List

Consider introducing a new thing every 7-12 days or longer (I introduce only one thing a month now) and don't introduce anything else new (food/drink) during that time. Note any behavior, sleep, bowel movement and skin changes. Again, contact me and I will email you a chart to make it easier for you to track your child's reaction. These simple rules will help you to best see how each item effects your child. 

Why isn't a multivitamin on this list?

 Whole desiccated porcine thyroid (Nathroid) (for thyroid support)

Curcumin Longvida (for better speech, Alzheimer prevention and more)

Vitamin B12  (for methylation cycle support)

Folinic Acid/Folate as calcium folinate or l-5-methyltetrahydrofolate 

Fish Oil  dose is 8mg/kg/day

EGCG (green tea extract) (for cognition, memory and more) 

Trans-Resveratrol (increases muscle tone, helps sleep, antioxidant, supports immune system, boosts memory/cognition)
 
Mito Q brand of Coenzyme Q10 (antioxidant and more)  

Magnesium (for teeth grinding, restless sleep and more)  

Zinc (for growth, thyroid support, restless sleep and more) 

Bacopa Monnera (for adrenal support, stops stimming, calms)

NeuroProtek (for better social skills, speech and more) 

Ashwagandha (for sleep, adrenal support, cognitive support) 

Vitamin D 3 (for sleep, immunity and more)

Vitamin MK-7 (anti-aging and more)
 
Probiotics  (for digestion, immunity and more)

Vitamin C as Camu camu (for iron absorption, constipation and more)

Coconut Oil  (help keeps a steady stream of energy for the brain and more)

L-carnosine  (for protection against metals and more)

Fermented cod liver oil
L-tyrosine (for thyroid support and more)

L-ornithine (for growth and more. Only in AM, keeps him up in PM.)

Acetyl -L Carnitine (ALC) 

Molybdenum (against ammonia and more)

 Lithium Orotate (for neurogenesis, teeth grinding, sound sensitivity)

Milk thistle  (for liver support)

Cognitex with Brain Shield


Reishi (supports adrenal, helps correct hormonal and neurotransmitter deficiencies and imbalances, can contribute to a clear and focused mind.)

Frankincense (on feet/base of skull) For growth hormone stimulation, brain support and more.

Biotin (had "cradle cap", which shows he needs it)

Zeaxanthin (eye support)

Astaxathin (antioxidant, eye sight and more)
 
Choline, citicholine or sunflower lecithin (instead of BodyBio PC  because of the soy and ethanol in BBPC)

Borage Oil (Hair analysis showed he needs this.)

D-ribose (restores cellular energy in heart and muscle tissue)

Creatine (gives energy, reduces cognitive decline. AA panel showed Jett needed this.)

 L-glutamine (supports gut and immune system cells, energy source in mitochondria, needed for optimal nucleotide biosynthesis and protein synthesis. AA panel showed Jett needed this.)

L-serine  (Makes up nerve proteins and brain coverings. AA panel showed Jett needed this.)

colostrum  (immunity support)

 temporarily off: 
Wild Blueberry Extract (for neurogenesis and more-- still taking in Cognitex)
Digestion support (no longer needed since on proper thyroid)
Gingko Biloba  (for sleeping through the night, cognition and more)
TriEnza Enzymes (for better digestion)

Cal-Mag Butyrate
Evening Primrose Oil
Rhodiola Rosea
BodyBio Balanced Oil


Probably permanently off: 
TMG  (against ammonia and more) NAET showed he didn't need this.
Piracetam (Had little effect on him and NAET showed he didn't need it.)
Astragalus (for growth, pituitary gland and more. NAET showed not needed.)
Royal Jelly  (for neurogenesis and more. NAET showed not needed.) 
BodyBio PC  (Using something different has soy in it.)
l-tryptophan (for getting to sleep and more. NAET showed not needed.)
 
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Monday, March 28, 2011

Heal the Gut, Heal the Child

Restoring Intestinal Flora

by Konstantin Monastyrsky

Healthy intestinal flora is vital for forming stools, maintaining immunity, synthesizing essential vitamins, and protecting from colorectal cancers. After bacteria are damaged by antibiotics, laxatives, heavy metals, surgeries, or colonoscopies, fiber is broadly recommended to restore and form stools.

Unlike live bacteria, the dead cells of plants — which is what fiber is — can't perform bacterial functions, essential for humans. The loss of these functions contributes to impaired immunity, diabetes, obesity, hair loss, eczema, seborrhea, anemia, internal bleedings, ulcers, strokes, cancers, and common gastrointestinal, respiratory, and autoimmune disorders.

Despite all of these well known and thoroughly studied facts, the American medical establishment adamantly refuses to recognize the role of intestinal flora in health and longevity, and does everything possible to obliterate bacteria, starting at birth. Then, it profits enormously from treating the resulting diseases. This guide outlines the role of intestinal flora in human health and explains how to restore it.


Great for restoring internal flora:

Fermented cod liver oil
Probiotics
Yogurt
Keifer
Sauerkraut
Tempeh

Oil & butter blend is best unless you have a good source of organic/grass fed butter source you can replace the butter oil with. I got the non flavored capsule and I just open it and squeeze it in his food... It smells horrid but he takes it fine...  Next time I won't get it in the capsule because it's an extra step.

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Fermented Cod Liver Oil

Benefits include
  • helping to destroy plaques in the brain (fighting Alzheimer's Disease)
  • protecting brain cells from neurotoxins
  • generating nerve-related projections from existing old brain cells
  • maintaining brain plasticity and cognitive function
  • protecting against scar tissue formation in the brain
  • protecting brain glial cells (astrocytes) and neurons from exposure to methylmercury
  • healing brain injury
  • working synergistically with EGCG for added brain support
Find more details below as well as dosage and products recommended. I've also included info on Vitamin K which is also found in Fermented Cod Liver Oil.

Cod Liver Oil Basics and Recommendations 
Written by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD
 
Excerpt:
...Cod liver oil provides fat-soluble vitamins A and D, which Dr. Price found present in the diet of primitives in amounts ten times higher than in modernized diets. Cod liver oil supplements are a must for women and their male partners, to be taken for several months before conception, and for women during pregnancy. Growing children will also benefit greatly from a small daily dose.
 
Cod liver oil is also rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docasahexaenoic acid (DHA). The body makes these fatty acids from omega-3 linolenic acid. EPA is as an important link in the chain of fatty acids that ultimately results in prostaglandins, localized tissue hormones while DHA is very important for the proper function of the brain and nervous system. Those individuals who have consumed large amounts of polyunsaturated oils, especially partially hydrogenated oils, who are suffering from certain nutrient deficiencies, or who have impaired pancreatic function, such as diabetics, may not be able to produce EPA and DHA and will, therefore, lack important prostaglandins and necessary fats for the brain unless they consume oily fish or take a cod liver oil supplement.
Fish Oil and Alzheimer's Disease
Excerpt from http://www.liveinthenow.com/article/two-supplements-you-absolutely-must-take
UCLA researchers report that DHA, found in fish oil, increases the production of LR11, a protein that is known to destroy the “plaques” associated with Alzheimer’s disease. People with Alzheimer’s don’t have as much of this protein.
Plaques are deposits of a protein called beta amyloid that are thought to be toxic to neurons in the brain, leading to Alzheimer’s. Since having high levels of LR11 prevents the toxic plaques from being made, it’s surmised that low levels may be a factor in causing the disease. (Ma, QL, et al. J Neurosci. 2007 Dec 26;27(52):14299-307.)
If that’s not enough to put fish oil on your list of “must haves,” consider this: Another study has found that DHA helps to protect brain cells from the neurotoxins that increase your risk for Parkinson’s disease. These include the industrial degreaser trichloroethylene (TCE), found in drinking water near sites where it’s been used. (Bousquet, M., FASEB Jo, Nov. 21, 2007 online edition.)
Why Butter & Fish Oil work together
 
For full article:
 
Article Summary
...A growing body of published research confirms Dr. Price's discoveries, namely that vitamin K2 is important for the utilization of minerals, protects against tooth decay, supports growth and development, is involved in normal reproduction, protects against calcification of the arteries leading to heart disease, and is a major component of the brain.

Vitamin K2 works synergistically with the two other "fat-soluble activators" that Price studied, vitamins A and D. Vitamins A and D signal to the cells to produce certain proteins and vitamin K then activates these proteins.
Vitamin K2 plays a crucial role in the development of the facial bones, and its presence in the diets of nonindustrialized peoples explains the wide facial structure and freedom from dental deformities that Weston Price observed.

 

DHA- Brain Boosting and Mercury Protecting

Not only does your heart and circulatory system love DHA, Docosahexaenoic acid, so does your brain. Essential omega 3 fatty acids are integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. 
A variety of new animal studies illustrate the brain power of DHA. One study showed “marked neurite-promoting potential in neurones from adult and aged animals.” The ability to generate nerve-related projections from existing old brain cells is truly amazing, and supports the notion of DHA Docosahexaenoic  as a superior brain anti-aging nutrient.
Another study showed that DHA helped maintain brain plasticity2 and cognitive function, protecting against scar tissue formation in the brain. The effects of DHA  and exercise had a combined synergistic value in terms of further enhancing brain health. The researchers showed that brain brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was boosted by DHA  and the result was further enhanced by exercise. BDNF is the life force of brain rejuvenation, and here are two easy ways to boost BDNF levels.
Another DHA  study tested if DHA could protect brain glial cells (astrocytes) and neurons from exposure to methylmercury3. Exposure to mercury without protection by DHA caused these brain cells to have severe free radical distress and reduced mitochondrial activity (energy production). Pretreatment with DHA  completely prevented these adverse effects of mercury on brain cells. DHA is one potent nutrient for brain health.

Why Might Vitamin K2 be Beneficial for Your Heart?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/07/16/fatsoluble-vitamin-shown-to-reduce-coronary-calcification.aspx
Vitamin K engages in a delicate dance with vitamin D; whereas vitamin D provides improved bone development by helping you absorb calcium, there is new evidence that vitamin K2 directs the calcium to your skeleton, while preventing it from being deposited where you don't want it -- i.e., your organs, joint spaces, and arteries. A large part of arterial plaque consists of calcium deposits (atherosclerosis), hence the term "hardening of the arteries."
Vitamin K2 activates a protein hormone called osteocalcin, produced by osteoblasts, which is needed to bind calcium into the matrix of your bone. Osteocalcin also appears to help prevent calcium from depositing into your arteries. In other words, without the help of vitamin K2, the calcium that your vitamin D so effectively lets in might be working AGAINST you -- by building up your coronary arteries rather than your bones.
This is why if you take calcium and vitamin D but are deficient in vitamin K, you could be worse off than if you were not taking those supplements at all, as demonstrated by a recent meta-analysis linking calcium supplements to heart attacks.
This meta-analysis looked at studies involving people taking calcium in isolation, without complementary nutrients like magnesium, vitamin D and vitamin K, which help keep your body in balance. In the absence of those other important cofactors, calcium CAN have adverse effects, such as building up in coronary arteries and causing heart attacks, which is really what this analysis detected. So if you are going to take calcium, you need to be sure you have balanced it out with vitamin D and vitamin K.
For more info: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/07/16/fatsoluble-vitamin-shown-to-reduce-coronary-calcification.aspx
Fish Oil Healing Brain Injury
 
http://www.naturalnews.com/037671_fish_oil_brain_injury_lifesaving.html

Excerpt:

[For HS student, Bobby Randall, who was "for all intents and purposes...dead on the scene,"] they decided to take a radical course from normal AMA protocol and put Randall into hyperbaric therapy to increase oxygen to his brain while administering fish oil through Randall's feeding tube...
Dr. Bailes knew that the brain needs to feed on omega-3 fatty acids to heal inflammation as well as stimulate brain and nervous system cell growth. After discussing Randall's condition with fish oil omega-3 experts, Dr. Bailes determined that 20 grams fed through Randall's feeding tube daily might bring him around.

20 grams is 10 times more than what an uninjured person would supplement with fish oil. ...

At first, the hospital staff resisted Peter's urging to try the fish oil therapy on his son Bobby. ...But Peter persisted strongly and they finally yielded.

Today, at age 20, Bobby smiles as he recalls his high school graduation where he took off his cap and waved it to the cheering students. His dramatic recovery has left him with some weakness on the left side of his body and difficulty walking, but he's back.
Studies on FO reversing brain damage

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21615001

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21514362

Fish Oil & EGCG

This study www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458981/  says: "We previously found that fish oil enhanced bioavailability of EGCG versus EGCG treatment alone (P <0.001)."  

Dosage

Research suggests that protective blood levels of DHA can be reached by getting 180 mg a day from fish oil. This is the adult dose. See more on dosage here. 

Please read Vitamin A, Vitamin D, and Cod Liver Oil: Some Clarifications here for amounts to give to adults and children and for recommended brands.  

Products I use for Jett, see the DS Day to Day amazon store.
Green Pasture's Fermented Cod Liver Oil Butter Blend $30
Oil & butter blend is best unless you have a good source of organic/grass fed butter that you can replace the butter oil with. I used to use the non flavored capsule and I just open it and squeeze it in his food... It smells horrid but he took it fine...
Now I use the blend that's not in the capsule, the gel. I put it in banana and Jett eats it without protest. For more sensitive palates, you may have to hide it in pudding, yogurt or juice sweetened fruit spread. If that still doesn't work, your best bet is Melaleuca brand Omega3, in two flavors, Mango Tango or Lime Sorbet. It tastes really good and your child shouldn't have any problems taking it. $17.99 from Melaleuca Wellness Club (email me if you want to become a member).

Mango Tango or Lime Sorbet Omega3s $17.99 12 oz.


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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Fats & Oils

Phosphatidylcholine

Phosphatidylcholine is a phospholipid that makes up 50% of the cell membrane. The membrane is the lining of every nerve cell that carries our signals. We are trying to heal the brain by growing new neurons and allowing them to fire. Giving PC is like bringing the bricks to the construction site when building a house.

Formulated with a 4:1 Ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 in Liquid form or Softgel pills.

Of the tens of thousands of molecules that make up the life of a cell, Phosphatidylcholine (PC) stands apart; probably the most important one of all. BodyBio PC is made of only pure phospholipids which automatically form liposomes in the watery environment of the body, but it goes one important step further....it is also formulated with the essential lipids at a 4:1 ratio. Most PC currently available has an EFA ratio of ~12:1. BodyBio PC not only has a higher concentration of PC, up to 66% but also maintains EFA concentration at the preferred 4:1 ratio, a BodyBio exclusive. (online at bodybio.com)

Here's a great article on Q's blog: Fats & Oils

Body Bio Balanced Oil

Body Bio Balanced Oil is included to reduce inflammation so that we reduce the onset of Alzheimer's Disease. It was shown in 2004 that reducing inflammation in the brain of the DS mouse prevented neuron loss and delayed decline of function. (online at bodybio.com)

The fallacy of using DHA alone for brain [health]
by Dr. Barry Sears

I am constantly amazed by the lack of understanding by neurologists of basic
essential fatty acid biochemistry in the treatment of brain trauma and
concussions. They often blindly believe that the only omega-3 fatty acid that
has any impact in the treatment of concussions is DHA alone. Their blind faith
is based on the observation that you find a lot of DHA in the brain and little
EPA. This obviously means that EPA must not be important for brain function.
This is similar to stating the world is flat because it appears that way to the
naked eye.

I have mentioned many times in my books that EPA and DHA have different
functions, and that’s why you need both of these essential omega-3 fatty acids
(1-4). This is especially true for the brain. EPA produces most of the
anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 fatty acids since it’s structurally
similar to arachidonic acid (AA) as they both contain 20 carbon atoms with
approximately the same spatial configuration. As a result, EPA can inhibit
the enzymes that would otherwise produce pro-inflammatory eicosanoids from AA.
It is AA that generates the inflammation caused by brain trauma. DHA, on the
other hand, is primarily a structural component of neural tissue. They do
different jobs, and that’s why you need both in combination.

So why isn’t there as much EPA in the brain compared to DHA? The reason is
simple. EPA enters the brain just as quickly as DHA, but it is rapidly
oxidized, whereas DHA is sent off to long-term storage in neural tissue (5-7).
The lifetime of DHA in the human brain is measured in years, whereas the
lifetime of the EPA is measured in days. So obviously when you kill an animal
and look at the brain, you are not going to find very much EPA.

What complicates the issue is that if you only treat a concussion with DHA,
some of the DHA will be converted to EPA. This gives the appearance that DHA
is working to reduce inflammation. Since brain trauma and concussions generate
inflammation in the brain, doesn’t it make more sense to provide as much EPA as possible to reduce the inflammation as opposed to supplementing only with DHA and hoping some fraction of it will be converted to EPA?

To answer that question, it is useful to look at two recent studies that used
the same protocol to study inflammation induced by a concussion injury (8,9).
The same total amount of omega-3 fatty acids was used to treat the animals
after the concussion injury. One experiment used a 2:1 ratio of EPA to DHA,
and the other experiment used only DHA. If the DHA was so important, then the
animals treated with the DHA alone should have demonstrated three times the
reduction of neuro-inflammation compared to the group that received omega-3
fatty acids containing only one-third as much DHA.

In fact, just the opposite was the case. The 2:1 EPA/DHA group demonstrated
greater benefits compared to the DHA-alone group in reducing neuro-inflammation induced by a concussion. Why? EPA is a far more powerful anti-inflammatory agent than DHA. This is why in both studies the AA/EPA ratio was used as the marker of inflammation induced by the concussion injury. Since the AA/EPA ratio was decreased in both studies, this meant that some of the pure DHA was converted to EPA providing at least some anti-inflammatory actions. Thus giving 100 percent DHA is not exactly the most efficient way to decrease neuro-inflammation induced by a concussion injury. This is further emphasized by a recent study that indicated that 1 gram of DHA per day for an 18-month period had no impact in the cognitive improvement of Alzheimer’s patients (10), even though Alzheimer’s is known to be a neuro-inflammatory disease (11).

Does this mean that DHA is not important for brain repair? Of course not. This
is because you need both EPA and DHA for optimal repair of brain damage after a concussion. You need the EPA to reduce the neuro-inflammation, and you need the DHA to help rebuild new neurons. But to give DHA alone without additional EPA to maximally reduce neuro-inflammation caused by concussions simply makes no sense.

Dr. Barry Sears is a neurologist and expert on inflammation at the cellular
level.


<http://blog.zonehealth.com/2011/05/the-fallacy-of-using-dha-alone-for-brain-trauma/>



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The fats... Jett gets tons of fats... Coconut oil, fresh avocado, Bio Body PC, fermented cod liver oil and raw/organic butter from grass fed cows... The fermented CLO & butter supports the good bacteria in Jett's stomach. Without it, he just doesn't have bowel movements...
CLO & the butter mixture also always for proper Vitamin D absorption. 
Here's what Teresa wrote in one of the forum entries:

Oils, Oils, Oils...... this is the tough stuff of chemistry. But here goes. Dr. Kane and some very compelling research says that the perfect ratio of omega 6's to omega 3's is a 4 to 1 ratio. With that said, let me back up and try to explain what that means.
When someone says omega 3, it means that there is a double bond at the third carbon from the end. If they say, omega 6, then the first double bond is at the 6th carbon.

What body bio did is put [omega 6 -18 carbon long oil] 4x to [omega 3 - 18 carbon long] 1x ratio. this is like putting the beginning of the lipids in and then the body can add carbons to make them longer carbon chains. EPA has the first double bond at the third carbon and is 20 carbons long. DHA is 22 carbons long.

Yes, Leichtman says that flax goes rancid too quickly. I've never had this problem with this product. That is like saying I don't buy fresh fruit b/c it goes bad. All good oils (cis) go rancid. The reason they made trans oils is b/c they extended the shelf life. Right the bacteria don't want to eat plastic. Almost all things in nature are in the cis conformation. Stereochemistry. cis is a boat and trans is a chair.

Wikipedia has a good explanation of fatty acids.

So what you are doing is giving your child fatty acids that are longer than Body bio. It is not that fish oil is not recommended it is that we mess up the ratio if one takes too much fish oil. There is a theory that we eat mainly omega 6's so taking fish oil brings the ratio into balance. Good idea but somehow doesn't cut it. Taking the 4:1 BBB seems to be the key to triggering the resolvin pathway.I have attached some research on the resolution pathway. It resolves inflammation and that is what we really want.
I have attached two files. One with a picture of a phospholipid and the other research about resolvins.

Ok, so the long chains of carbons are anywhere from 16 carbons to 24 (and they can get longer and they are called very long chain fatty acids)

According to the Trisomy 21 Research Foundation recommended dosage:
5-10lbs      200mg DHA
10-15lbs    350mg DHA
20-40lbs    300mg DHA/EPA
40-60lbs    600mg DHA/EPA
60-80lbs    900mg DHA/EPA
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