Nutritional and Vitamin Supplemental Needs of Children

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In today's hectic world parents don't have time to create a

healthy menu for their children. Their children only have tastes

for high fat, low nutritional, junk food items. Feeding them

healthy vitamin rich food needed for proper growth and

development has become an issue.

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Nutritional and Vitamin Supplemental Needs of Children

Copyright © 2006 Kamau Austin,

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In today's hectic world parents don't have time to create a

healthy menu for their children. Their children only have tastes

for high fat, low nutritional, junk food items. Feeding them

healthy vitamin rich food needed for proper growth and

development has become an issue. Vitamins are very important

for children. They help them to grow, develop, learn, talk, see,

walk, and run. The body needs vitamins to create energy, to form

hemoglobin, and develop a strong immune system that helps in

fighting disease.

There Are Two Types Of Vitamins:

1. WATER SOLUABLE:

These vitamins dissolve in our body. They flow in our body with

the blood and any unused vitamins come out with in the body's

waste. Vitamins C, B2, B12, B6, are all water soluble.

2. FAT SOLUABLE:

These vitamins get stored in fat tissues of the body and stay

there unless needed and called upon by the body. Vitamins A, B1,

B2, B6, B12, D, E and K are all fat soluble.

Parents should focus maximum attention on fruits and raw

vegetables as they help in meeting nutritional requirements of

children and help them to grow and develop properly. Juicy fruits

are an excellent source of vitamin A and C. Bread, rice, cereals,

pastas, when taken at breakfast time help children maintain

energy that can be used all day. Milk and milk products like

cheese, yogurt, and cream help in maintaining strong bones,

improve vision and, help memory.

Children should avoid cookies, chocolates, artificial juices, and

soft drinks; and drink plenty of water.

VITAMINS CAN BROADLY BE CATEGORIZED AS:

* VITAMIN A:

This vitamin helps children to see more clearly, distinguish

between colors, get healthy skin, nails, and bones. It even helps

in forming soft and healthy skin. The deficiency can lead to

night blindness, eye disorder and in worst cases causes' double

vision. Weaker enamel, weak bones, asthma, headache, hair loss

are other common problems associated with deficiency of vitamin

A.

Children should take more milk and milk products like cheese,

curd, milk shakes along with fish, oil, and eggs to avoid

problems that can occur due to lack of vitamin A.

* VITAMIN B:

This vitamin creates energy that is required by the body during

heavy work outs. Vitamin B can be further classified as:

-> VITAMIN B1:

It combines with other vitamins and helps in forming energy

from food that we eat.

-> VITAMIN B6:

It helps in forming liquids that are needed for regulating

mood. It forms hemoglobin in red blood cells that help body

in fighting diseases. Beans, peas, spinach, potatoes,

yogurt, juicy fruits are all sources of vitamin B.

* VITAMIN C:

Its deficiency can lead to scurvy. Children should eat more and

more juicy fruits and vegetables to meet the requirement of

vitamin C.

* VITAMIN D:

Helps in forming calcium needed for strong bones. Milk, milk

products, fish and other seafoods are all rich in vitamin D. But

of all the sources the best source is sunlight. Parents should

make sure that children get sufficient sunlight. Its deficiency

leads to weak muscles, kidney disorder, weak bones, and high/ low

blood pressure.

* VITAMIN E:

It takes care of our body tissues, helps in increasing immunity.

Grains, wheat, nuts, yogurt all provide body with vitamin E.

* VITAMIN K:

It helps in proper blood clotting. Green leafy vegetables and

dairy items are rich in vitamin K.

Vitamins are very critical for the body. Today by the time a food

item reaches the store and finally to the house of the consumer

most of its nutritional value is lost. So to provide children

with all the nutrients and vitamins, supplements may need to be

given to children by their parents. Vitamin supplements should be

used along with food items as a complement to the diet. They

should not be a replacement for fresh green vegetables, fruits

and other nutrition rich food. Children should always be given

supplements along with the meal. Taking them before or after the

meal can cause stomach problems.

Supplements with higher prices do not mean that they are better

or more efficient than lesser priced brands. Sometimes pills that

cost the least are the ones that are providing maximum nutrients

to the body.

Always check the box for a list of ingredients. This will help in

ensuring that you are buying the very supplements for your

child's needs.

The makers of a children's vitamin and nutrient product called

EssentiaLean helps fights the problem of obesity in children by

providing better nutrients. The makers of this product tell us

that if children receive better nutrients they will crave junk

food less. Essentialean was created by a well respected doctor

and can be found at http://www.essentialean.com or www.amazon.com.

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