Children's Natural Multivitamin - For Your Child's Health

What Makes a Good Natural Children's Multivitamin?

Searching for a children's natural multivitamin? Can't say that I blame you. We all know that it's a real struggle to get our kids to eat right, wouldn't you agree?

Forget breakfast.

We cut up some strawberries and apples to serve along with the French toast and scrambled eggs that we whip up for our kids in the morning before whisking them off to school.

Most mornings we end up scraping the leftovers into the dog's bowl (I'm convinced that Buster eats better than the kids sometimes).

Fortunately we provide our kids with a children's natural multivitamin.

We pack lunches for both kids which usually includes seedless grapes and a 'Golden Delicious' apple. Are these nutritious fruits consumed?

Well our son once told me that he traded his apple for a Twinkie. Hmmmm - apple or Twinkie, apple or Twinkie... I'd take the Twinkie.

Fortunately we provide our kids with a children's natural multivitamin.

At dinner we make a tossed salad consisting of Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.

Well our daughter 'hates' green peppers and our son 'hates' tomatoes. "Eat 'em anyway," we say "or you're not getting any ice cream."

Did I mention the children's natural multivitamin?

It's Not Your Fault

No matter how hard we try, we are going to have a tough time providing our kids with the nutrition they need to remain healthy.

Fortunately we can provide them with high quality childrens vitamins that can insure they are getting the proper daily nutrition. This children's natural multivitamin is able to fill the nutritional gaps left behind by our children's Twinkie eating generation.

By choosing correctly from the many so called high quality childrens vitamins (as claimed by the manufacturers) on the market today, you can provide your kids with the nutrition they need regardless of how many apples they trade for Twinkies (you do want to make sure that you are trying to feed them right of course).

How Do We Choose From the Many High Quality Childrens Vitamins?

What do we look for when searching for a children's natural multivitamin? Well, you should keep in mind that not every children's natural multivitamin is created the same. Surprise, surprise - not every children's 'natural' multivitamin is actually 'natural.'

Lookie, Lookie, Up the Tree - Lookie, Lookie, Can't Find Me

Remember playing hide and seek when you were little? Makes me think of these so called high quality childrens vitamins you find on the market today. "Lookie, Lookie" as hard as you can but you still won't find the nutrients your kids may be missing in their diets.

Most so called high quality childrens vitamins on the market today are severely lacking in the nutrients your child needs to remain healthy. And if by chance the nutrients are listed on the label, chances are high that quantities are so small as to literally not be worth the drive to Wal-Mart.

In your search for a children's natural multivitamin, what should you look for?

Your children's natural multivitamin should include vitamins (DUH! as my daughter would say). Goes without saying, right?

But not only should the major vitamins be included, the major vitamins should be included at sufficient levels.

Realizing that your children are miniature adults and don't need the nutrients in the dosages that you require to remain healthy, they do need at least the minimum RDA for all the vitamins.

The Harvard School of Public Health states that the "intake of several vitamins above the minimum daily requirement may prevent heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and other chronic diseases."

Also, an article apperaing in the Journal of the American Medical Association had this to say... "suboptimal intake of some vitamins, above levels causing classic vitamin deficiency, is a risk factor for chronic diseases and common in the general population..."

You want to make sure that your children's natural multivitamin includes sufficient quantities of antioxidants such as selenium, vitamin C & vitamin E. Antioxidants neutralize damaging free radicals that cause destructive oxidative stress to the cells of your body.

Also, make sure that your children's natural multivitamin includes healthy doses of calcium and Vitamin D for strong bones and teeth, and chromium to help control blood sugar after those sugary snacks, and magnesium to help your child focus.

In addition, high quality childrens vitamins should contain enough magnesium.

A recent study found that the majority of Americans are not getting enough magnesium from their diet. Magnesium is thought to be one of the most important nutrients. It is absolutely required for the healthy functioning of over 300 enzymes. It is also essential for the normal operations of your heart, muscles and nervous system. A low level of magnesium is thought to result in children who have a harder time concentrating.

"It's clear that most people aren't aware of the important role that magnesium plays in the body." says Barbara Levine, R.D., PhD., Associate Professor of Nutrition in Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University-New York Presbyterian Hospital.

What Else Should High Quality Childrens Vitamins Contain?

You should look to make sure that that your high quality childrens vitamins contain enzymes to aid in healthy digestion, amino acids which are the building blocks of your child's proteins, and minerals which are vital to your child's good health.

As an added bonus, if you can find a children's natural multivitamin that comes in liquid form, all the better. Pills or capsules can be hard for your little tyke to swallow.

In addition, some pills may not dissolve completely before passing through your child's system. That means that the nutrition that may have been available in that pill was not provided to your child.

A children's natural multivitamin that comes in a liquid form is not only much easier to swallow, the nutrition is 100% bio-available because there is nothing to dissolve - the nutrients go to work immediately to provide your child with the proper nutrition

And most important of all, make sure that your children's natural multivitamin tastes good... but without the added sugar. A natural flavoring such as Stevia will have your child actually looking forward to her next daily dose of nutrition.