Posted on February 17, 2009 in Latest News
A study has shown that healthy and active kids in U.S take vitamin supplements. The survey had been done on kids aged between two to seventeen. In 1970s, as many as 50% of American kids used to take vitamins. This time there is still a decline in the numbers.
So, what should parents do is the big question. Do they keep on giving their kids vitamin supplements or not. There are parents who believe that if the pediatricians say that their kids don’t need vitamins taking them would not hurt either.
The study, however, says taking vitamins is absolutely unnecessary if the kid is healthy and has a varied diet.
A bottle of a hundred vitamin pills costs around 10 dollars. Almost two billion dollars are being spent every year for vitamin supplements. Parents, however, fail to understand that a lousy diet can never be replaced or supplemented with a pill.
A kid should rely on milk, fish and fresh vegetables for all nutrients. He or she should be physically active, should have low fat intake, high fiber intake and should use less computer. But, what happens in reality is that these are the kids who have vitamins.
On the other hand, again there is increasing evidence that vitamin D can never be fulfilled with normal diet. Both kids and adults need a lot more Vitamin D than previously thought. Four cups of milk a day should be the ideal amount of milk taken by kids.
In conclusion it can be said that only if the doctor recommends a vitamin for your kid then go ahead with it. Otherwise, it is not worth it.
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