Make-Over Your Skincare Routine with Omega-3s!
What’s the secret to beautiful skin? It could just be omega-3s! We might be bias, but science is on our side here with research showing that the essential fatty acids can help nourish and heal dry skin among other benefits.
Omega-3 fatty acids are crucial to skin health, says Prevention magazine, as they form an integral part of the membranes that surround skin cells, making up a key lubricating layer that keeps skin soft and supple. Dry, rough, scaly skin has met its match with these essential fats, which can ultimately help improve overall skin texture by supporting the production of healthy skin cells and the skin’s natural elasticity, restoring its healthy glow. Healthy inflammation levels can also be supported with omega-3s since the fatty acids work to combat damage caused by free radicals and sun exposure.
Your skincare routine might just need a makeover with this news, but it’s an easy fix to start working towards better skin. Try adding fish rich in omega-3s to your diet, including salmon, tuna and anchovies, or pop a delicious Coromega Omega3 Squeeze once a day!
How do you keep your skin looking and feeling healthy? Share your tips on our Facebook wall!
- Team Coromega
It’s Not Too Late to Set a Healthy Habit this New Year!
We love the New Year because it’s an opportunity to make a new commitment to your health. One (easy & fun!) way to do this is establishing a routine to take your supplements, like Coromega. But how do you remember to take a Coromega Omega-3 Squeeze every day? We love hearing all the creative ways our fans remember to take their Coromega every day. Check out these ideas from a few of our ingenious Facebook fans.
o I store them in the fridge right beside the milk. I pass them out to everyone with breakfast! – Lisa Barham Schaffer
o I mix it in with the plain Greek yogurt I eat daily to give it flavor without too much added sweetness. – Regina Hollingsworth
o I keep them up on a shelf in my kitchen above my sink, can’t miss ‘em! – Sandy Nevels
o I keep it right next to my Keurig. I take it when it’s brewing. Love it. – Susie Greenleaf Thompson
o Keep it everywhere! At the office, at home, in my gym bag. – Monika King
o I put it in the cabinet where cookies used to be. – Durjoy Ace Bhattacharjya
o I always have them in my purse, don’t leave home without it! – Sarah Lambert
o I set it by my pill box to take when I take my morning pills. – Denise Cowl Soloko
o I keep a box top on my bathroom mirror where I see it every morning. – Donna Hurteau Lee
How do you remember to take your Coromega every day? Share your daily reminder tip on our Facebook wall!
- Team Coromega
Healthy Stocking Stuffers
How did the holidays sneak up on us already?! As you’re out braving the shopping crowds and checking everyone off your list, consider that the simplest ideas are often the best! Especially when it comes to stocking stuffers, we love the idea of giving something that’s actually healthy and useful during this season. (Who needs a third iPad anyway?) Here’s a list of helpful stocking stuffers for that fitness guru or health nut on your list—or even just for yourself!
Here are a few more ideas for giving the gift of health:
- Running socks
- Energy bars
- Gym passes or memberships
- Pedometer
- Aromatherapy tea tree oil
- Reusable lunch bags
- Moisturizing lip balm
- Trail mix
- Canteens
- Gift certificates to favorite natural food store
- Soothing winter tea
Our go-to item? Coromega Squeezes, of course! A 30-count box of Squeezes equals a whole month’s supply of omega-3, plus our Tropical Orange + D flavor provides a taste of the tropics and a daily dose of vitamin D – crucial during the sunless winter months. Plus, we have some amazing deals right now if you purchase Coromega on our website:
- Buy 1, Get 2 Free for a 30-count box of Tropical Orange Omega3 + D Squeezes and Kids High DHA Omega3 Squeezes
- BOGO for 90-count box of Tropical Orange Omega3 + D Squeezes and 120-count bag of Tropical Orange Omega3 + D Squeezes
- Half-Off off all orders of Big Squeeze – regularly $24.99 now only $12.50!
What’s your favorite healthy stocking stuffer to give or receive? We’d love to hear more of your healthy gift-giving ideas. Happy Holidays and happy shopping!
-Team Coromega
Get Rewarded for Living Healthy with Coromega!
Do you do all you can to live healthy and try to inspire others to do the same? Let us reward you for it! We’ve created our first-ever Healthy Living Leaders loyalty program, and we’d love for you to join us!
Our goal is to help you and your loved ones maintain a healthy lifestyle and optimal omega-3 levels, so we created our loyalty program for you to keep spreading the word about Coromega. As a Healthy Living Leader, we’ll reward you for sharing information about Coromega. Rewarded how? We’ll send you directions and next steps along the way, but be prepared to receive the latest omega-3 and supplement health information and tips to share with your friends and family. Plus you’ll get exclusive access to deep discounts on our products, including the occasional special gift.
The best part is: right now anyone can sign up and it’s free!
Become a part of our community today by visiting our Facebook page! For more information, email us at questions@coromega.com or check out our Healthy Living Leaders page by clicking here.
–Team Coromega
Healthy Back-to-School Routines – Get Creative with Coromega!
Summer can be a busy time for parents and kids – between vacation, camp schedules, weekend excursions, and play dates it’s easy to let our regular health routines slip. But with students soon heading back-to-school, there are lots of important reasons to make sure your kiddos are getting back on track with their daily dose of essential nutrients, including omega-3s!
Below are some of the top reasons to get to 7.2 from Coromega’s scientific advisor Dr. Bibus:
- To keep your brain functioning at its best*
- To maintain healthy mood*
- To maintain healthy eyes and good vision*
- To support joint health and mobility*
- To be your best and keep your body running strong*
Our mission is to help everyone, including kids, get to a healthy omega-3 level of at least 7.2! There are so many important reasons to maintain healthy levels of omega-3, especially at a young age.
The beauty of Coromega is that our delivery format makes omega-3s easy and fun (not to mention delicious!) to take every day. For a fun twist, try using our tasty Kids DHA Gummy Fruits as a treat or reward, or pour in a new flavor of Big Squeeze like Mango Nectar into a smoothie. You can also let kids have a little fun with their breakfast by squeezing a Kids DHA Omega3 Squeeze in their yogurt.
How do your kids take Coromega? Tell us your fun ideas for incorporating Coromega into your children’s daily health routine our Facebook page!
–Team Coromega
The benefits of omega-3 are varied and well-documented. Brain function, heart heath, and skin, hair and eye care are all benefits associated with high levels of omega-3s.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Big Squeeze Sweepstakes Winners!
If you’re a Facebook fan or frequent blog post reader, you surely already know how much we love hosting giveaways and contests! We also love sharing new innovations and products from Coromega, so for our latest Facebook contest, we decided to combine the two into our Big Squeeze Sweepstakes!
For those of you who haven’t heard about our newest product Coromega3 Big Squeeze, it’s our newest omega-3 supplement that comes in a new 16 oz. eco-friendly pouch that is perfect for families. It has a delicious smoothie-like texture that makes it easy to pour onto a spoon, or a healthy snack like yogurt. Coromega3 Big Squeeze comes in three fun new flavors: Lemon Nectar, Mango Nectar, and Tropical Orange Nectar +D! Look for it on store shelves in late summer at Walgreens nationwide!
For the Facebook Big Squeeze Contest, we asked our fans to answer the question: “Who is your Big Squeeze?” We wanted to learn about the most important people in your lives and celebrate them! After four weeks, we were thrilled to receive more than 750 entries! Congratulations to our winners:
- Grand Prize: Amanda Redd – Dinner for 2 & one night at a four-star hotel
- Second Place: Jason Adams – A year supply of Coromega Big Squeeze
- Third Places: Movie passes for 2:
1. Kim Mignella
2. Tammera Widdell
3. Megan Wright
Stay tuned for the latest updates and information about Coromega3 Big Squeeze and Facebook contests on Facebook and Twitter, and right here on The Squeeze. (We have some exciting contests planned for June alone, so stay tuned!)
–Team Coromega
The benefits of omega-3 are varied and well-documented. Brain function, heart heath, and skin, hair and eye care are all benefits associated with high levels of omega-3s.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Meet Sandy: She’s a 13.9!
- Sandy, Managing Editor of Natural Products Marketplace Magazine
Meet Sandy: She’a a 13.9!
Yes, you did read that title correctly! Sandy, the managing editor of Natural Products Marketplace magazine, scored a 13.9 omega-3 level that was literally off the charts! As someone who works in the natural food and supplements space, Sandy was dutiful in taking her fish oil pills every day but was up for the Coromega 90 Day Challenge to raise her omega-3 levels. The Coromega 90-Day Challenge tests omega-3 percentage in the blood stream before and after taking a Coromega Omega3 Squeeze pouch every day for 90 days.
For her first Holman Omega-3 Test, Sandy scored well into the optimal omega-3 range with a 12.1 percent, meaning 12.1 percent of the fatty acids in her blood were omega-3s. Optimal levels are above 8 -9 percent, good levels are between 6 to 8 percent and those below 6 percent are considered omega-3 deficient.
Sandy said she had her doubts about Coromega improving her already-high omega-3 score, but her score really did improve – her high 12.1 omega-3 percentage jumped up to an even higher 13.9 percent! Way to go, Sandy! Check out a breakdown of how her levels improved here:
The Holman Omega-3 Test, which measures an individual’s omega-3 score through a simple, at-home blood test. To purchase or read more about the Holman Omega-3 Test visit the Coromega website or its dedicated Facebook page.
–Team Coromega
The benefits of omega-3 are varied and well-documented. Brain function, heart heath, and skin, hair and eye care are all benefits associated with high levels of omega-3s.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Meet Jacqueline: She’s a 10.6!
We love seeing the successful omega-3 results of loyal Coromega-takers. This was the case for clinical researcher and yoga instructor Jacqueline, who took Coromega Squeeze every day for 2 and a half years before even hearing about the Holman Omega-3 Test.
Jacqueline loves Coromega’s taste and convenience: “The orange flavor is my favorite because it tastes like Orange Julius,” she said. “When I travel for business, it’s convenient to continue my Coromega fish oil because it’s not a liquid, and I can carry them in my purse or briefcase without travel issues.”
We were so impressed with Jacqueline’s dedication to improving her omega-3 levels, and her consistency paid off! Jacqueline tested her levels and scored an amazing 10.6% — well into the optimum omega-3 range! This means that 10.6 percent of the fatty acids in Jacqueline’s blood are omega-3s. Optimal omega-3 levels are above 8 to 9 percent, good levels are between 6 to 8 percent and those below 6 percent are considered omega-3 deficient. Our mission at Coromega is to get everyone to at least a 7.2 healthy omega-3 level!
Coromega scientific advisor Dr. Doug Bibus, omega-3 researcher and one of the developers of the Holman Omega-3 Test, had this to say about Jacqueline’s high results: “Jacqueline’s healthy diet and exercise regime is clearly adding to the benefits of her Omega-3 intake for healthy ratios of Omega 3, 6 and 9.”
The Holman Omega-3 Test, which measures an individual’s omega-3 score through a simple, at-home blood test. To purchase or read more about the Holman Omega-3 Test visit the Coromega website or its dedicated Facebook page.
–Team Coromega
The benefits of omega-3 are varied and well-documented. Brain function, heart heath, and skin, hair and eye care are all benefits associated with high levels of omega-3s.
* *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Meet Mariel: She’s an 8.6!
Twenty six-year-old Mariel easily keeps fit by hiking, dancing, and eating healthy fruits and vegetables. However, about four years ago, she wanted to take her health and wellness to a new level by taking Coromega Squeezes every day!
She has this to say about Coromega: “I know omega-3 is an essential nutrient my body doesn’t produce on its own. I love that I do not have to take several fish oil pills. I keep Coromega in my bag so I can take it anywhere, anytime!”
After taking Coromega Squeezes for years, Mariel was confident that she’d test into the healthy omega-3 zone:
“I wanted to see if the combination of my diet, active lifestyle and daily intake of Coromega were actually working and I was excited to see that my score was in the optimum range!
Mariel scored an 8.6 – well into the optimum range! This means that 8.6 percent of the fatty acids in Mariel’s blood are omega-3s. Way to go, Mariel! Optimal omega-3 levels are above 8 to 9 percent, good levels are between 6 to 8 percent and those below 6 percent are considered omega-3 deficient. Our mission at Coromega is to get everyone to at least a 7.2 healthy omega-3 level!
Mariel tested her omega-3 levels with the Holman Omega-3 Test, which measures an individual’s omega-3 score through a simple, at-home blood test. To purchase or read more about the Holman Omega-3 Test visit the Coromega website or its dedicated Facebook page.
–Team Coromega
The benefits of omega-3 are varied and well-documented. Brain function, heart heath, and skin, hair and eye care are all benefits associated with high levels of omega-3s.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Meet Connie Evers: She’s an 8.4!
By Connie Evers, MS, RD
NutritionForKids.com
I’ve been a fan of Coromega fish oil Squeezes for several years. I first picked up a sample at a nutrition conference a few years back. I was excited to try the product since I had given up on taking fish oil capsules. Even when I kept the capsules refrigerated, I would walk around for hours tasting and burping fish! So I was pleasantly surprised when I began taking the Squeezes and the fishy burps were absent! I also read the 2009 study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association that showed a 300% better omega-3 absorption of Coromega Squeezes over fish oil capsules.*
So I was very interested to take the Coromega 90 Day Challenge. Before the test, I was using Coromega Squeezes but not always every day. I travel a lot for my business and I would often forget to pack Squeezes. Even so, I was apparently doing pretty well because my first score in November 2011 was 7.9. That placed me in the “good” range and well above the American average of 4.8.
As a dietitian and naturally competitive person, I wanted to improve my omega-3 scores. So I faithfully took the Omega3 + vitamin D Squeezes every day for 90 days. Since it’s an emulsified form of fish oil, I kept several packets in my one quart baggie that I take through airport screening. I established a routine of taking the Squeezes with breakfast every morning so I wouldn’t forget, even though it is not necessary to take with food or water. At the end of 90 days, I was thrilled. My overall score went from 7.9 to 8.4!
When I started, I was a bit concerned about my omega-6/omega-3 ratio which was initially 5.3:1. While I was doing far better than the American average of 8.11:1 (yikes!), I wanted my level to be below 5:1, and at the end of the challenge, my omega-6/omega-3 ratio decreased to 4.8:1!
The typically-high omega-6/omega-3 ratio associated with the American diet has been implicated in the body’s inflammatory response, which may be tied to chronic diseases.
On a personal note, a skiing accident as a teenager followed by years of serious running has left me with zero cartilage and osteoarthritis in my left knee. I am very serious about exercise and fitness so I want to reduce inflammation and stay as mobile as possible!
During the Coromega Challenge, I also kept a closer eye on omega-6 oils, such as soybean, corn and safflower oil. I don’t eat a lot of processed food but I identified my two major sources as certain brands of commercial salad dressing and tortilla chips. During the challenge, I read labels carefully and tried to use products that contained canola or olive oil. I also made my own simple salad dressings. (And yes, I admit it, whole corn tortilla chips are my weakness but I do normally eat them topped with avocado chunks and black beans!)
Here is the complete rundown of my results:
| Evers results: | Before 90 day challenge | After 90 day challenge | Typical USA | Optimal |
| Total omega-3 score (%) | 7.9 | 8.4 | 4.8 | >9 |
| EPA (%) | 1.6 | 2.1 | .6 | >3 |
| DHA (%) | 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.6 | >4 |
| Omega 3 Index (RBC EPA +DHA) (%) | 5.2 | 8.6 | 3.4 | >8 |
| Total omega-6 score (%) | 41.6 | 40.3 | 39 | <38 |
| omega-6/omega-3 ratio | 5.3:1 | 4.8:1 | 8.11:1 | <5:1 |
| Arachidonic Acid*/EPA ratio | 5.6:1 | 4.1:1 | 18.3:1 | <5:1 |
*Arachadonic acid is an omega-6 fatty acid that has been shown to increase inflammation in the body.
Disclosure: Coromega provided a 90-day supply of Coromega Squeezes and the Holman Omega-3 Blood Test kit. The opinions expressed here are my own.
–Connie
The benefits of omega-3 are varied and well-documented. Brain function, heart heath, and skin, hair and eye care are all benefits associated with high levels of omega-3s.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
