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Do children need vitamin supplements?

Results so far:

Yes
65% 91 votes Total: 140 votes
No
35% 49 votes
  • 1 of 7

    by James Dreamer

    Do Children Need Vitamin Supplements? Humans are omnivores. An omnivore can process a high variety of foods. We consume not only meat and protein like carnivores, but also ...read more

  • 2 of 7

    by Nancy Froese

    Cildren Need Supplements The key to good mental health and good emotional health is a diet that is both nutritious and varied. These days it seems even the best diets do not...read more

  • 3 of 7

    by Mark Murphy

    If someone were to have asked this question 30 years ago, I would have responded with a "no". Today is a different story. Food is fast losing its nutritional value. There is go...read more

  • 4 of 7

    by Dan Callahan

    In this day and age a proper diet is a must. The fact is the combination of a fast paced lifestyle, a fast food based society, and a lack of effort on the parents part contribut...read more

  • 5 of 7

    by Mark Lawson

    I response to comments about health professionals advise that supplementation is not necessary, I would simply add, that these same "Professionals" can not advise exactly what t...read more

  • 6 of 7

    by Becky Benson

    The truth is that most of us never eat healthy enough consistently to naturally acquire all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients we need each and every day so children and adult...read more

  • 7 of 7

    by Myles

    I believe parent should be aware of this information or even knowledge of how their siblings would grow as a healthy person and have the susceptible anti bodies within them. W...read more

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  • 1 of 8

    by Emmluu

    Vitamin supplements are great way to get an extra boost you need, especially if you are very busy and can't always make the time to eat properly. But just like you can become d...read more

  • 2 of 8

    by Lynn Albright

    Do children need vitamin supplements? Part of my work is dealing directly with the sale of vitamins, vitamin supplements, herbal and homeopathic drugs, capsules, pills, oil...read more

  • 3 of 8

    by Rixta Francis

    Unless prescribed by a doctor children definitely don't need vitamin supplements and actually they shouldn't take them at all. Vitamins are often considered miracle substances a...read more

  • 4 of 8

    by Katayah Rowanwand

    With vitamin supplements, the vitamins are not always getting fully absorbed. As children grow they need an abundance of nutrients in order to maintain optimal growth and healt...read more

  • 5 of 8

    by Ebey Soman

    Supplements are the artificial way of gaining or putting more minerals into your kids but it is not needed at all. Every child at home should have his or her diet based on healt...read more

  • 6 of 8

    by Jess Howe

    Absolutely not! Human beings did not start out popping pills, did they? The human race is thousands of years old - we would not have survived all this time if we didn't have "...read more

  • 7 of 8

    by Rebecca Miller

    I have been told by numerous health professionals over the years that there is no reason if you have a healthy and balanced diet that anyone should need to take vitamin supplem...read more

  • 8 of 8

    by Dazed n Confused

    If a child, as with any other person, is eating a healthy, balanced diet then vitamin supplements should not be necessary, unless specifically prescribed by a doctor/health prof...read more

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