Re: Nutritional supplements

Question

B'Khavod, Thank you very much for your response to post #10023. Q2 asked, "...Do you find fish oil gel-caps to be considered food or non-food?" To this, CYA responded, "Food[, and] if you are taking it as a food to satiate yourself then it is a problem from a Kashrut standpoint and a Mental Health standpoint." My inference from this response is that the fish oil does not need to be from a kosher fish - since it is not intended for satiation. 1. Is this inference correct? 2. If so, would this logic apply to any encapsulated / tableted food not intended to satiate or provide consumptive pleasure, but only to provide healthful / nutritional benefits? 3. If one really hates the taste of a food substance (e.g., fish oil, liver, dry red wine) but consumes it solely for its healthful / nutritional value (any satiation is incidental), does one need to say birkat nehenin or b'racha aharona? 4. If one really hates the taste of a food substance (e.g., fish oil, liver, dry red wine) but consumes it solely for its healthful / nutritional value (any satiation is incidental), does the food substance need to be kosher? Thank you, and Tizkeh L'Misvoth! Jack D.