Children's Nutrition

Hello Bionic Vemma Babe-

I have always believed it's best to provide children with real food, like apples, carrots, bananas, milk, yogurt etc. We are teaching children their life long eating habits from the first day solid foods are introduced. If we as parents provide them with good/ natural food choices, they will eat through life with those choices.

When I was a Nanny, I taught the kids we could have fun foods, like McDonalds, but we also needed to eat good foods later too. Later, when they were preteens/teens, they would go out with friends & have junk food, but come home and hit the fruit bowl to 'balance' their earlier choices.

Additionally, studies have shown, if we do not provide our children with the refined foods, they won't develop a taste for them and will not like them later.

I hope this helps.

R. Magby

I don't think children need "products" so much as they need real food. Fresh veggies, fresh fruit, protein, whole grains. The food pyramid! Teach your child to eat healthy now and they will continue (hopefully!) to eat healthy as older children and adults.

Pediasure. Hands down, the best! When my oldest child was almost 2, we started him on them, and he LOVED them! We called them his "shake shake" and he would have one every evening. He wasn't a big eater, so this really helped. There's even a generic brand at most stores, which are much cheaper, and taste exactly the same (at least my son thought so).

Also, the gummie vitamins (if your child is old enough) are excellent. I even take them!

Dear Bionic Vemma Babe,

I am passionate about educating people to be healthy. My biz is Juice Plus+ a truly great whole food solution that has "Evidence Based Research" that supports the immune system.

As someone who cares about children it might interest you to know Dr. William Sears a renowned Pediatrition supports and recommends JP+ to his patients. Please feel free to peruse my website www.juiceplus.com/+ck49780 (Dr. Sears has a link here too)

And, if you child is between the ages of 4 - 18 there is a way for you to get their nutrional supplements for FREE. Would you like more information?

For better health,
C.

Oh my gosh, I stuggle with this exact thing. My husband and I eat a variety of healthy food and snacks. We purchase organic food for the kids and make better choices for them. They don't eat much veggies, but enjoy fruit. So I feel that I have to supplement them with a little extra, especially around flu season. We tried everything from flinstone, gummy, emergen c for kids, whole food brand, etc. my kids don't like vitamins! I finally found a liquid vitamin at Costco. Safe for the whole family. Anyway. I sneak it in a little apple juice they don't even know its there.

Hi,
Shakleekids Incredivites and Mighty Smart are awesome. Shaklee is the number one seller of natural nutrition. You can check them out at http://www.shaklee.net/healthforlife.
Here's what Dr. Stephen Chaney (professor of nutrition at Duke University) has to say: "So what can you do as a consumer? Here are my
recommendations:

1) Get your supplements from an established company
with a reputation for quality and integrity. I would
recommend choosing a company that has been around for a
number of years so that you know that their reputation
is based on their track record over the years rather
than just on hype.

2) Make sure that they run rigorous quality controls on
their products. I would choose a company that requires
pharmaceutical grade quality controls on their
products.

3) Make sure that they have published clinical studies
on their products that prove both safety and
effectiveness. Again I would recommend choosing a
company that has many published clinical studies on
their products rather than just one or two.

To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney

Dr. Stephen Chaney
Shaklee Master Coordinator
http://www.chaneyhealth.com
888.860.2075

P.S. Shaklee supplements are my personal recommendation
because Shaklee insists on rigorous quality control
tests on every one of their ingredients and on their
finished products. For example, they import ultra pure,
triple distilled fish oil from England and test it for
PCB contamination after they receive it. They also have
published over 70 clinical studies on their products in
peer-reviewed scientific journals. They are unique in
the industry."

I second the Koala Pals chewable vitamins choice. Beware anything with isolated forms of minerals (--oxide, --sulfate, gluconate or chelate), as they actually cause the formation of free radicals, nullifying the vitamin antioxidants that are part of any "multi". This actually does more harm to the body than good, so if you're not taking (or giving your kids) a supplement that has the patented OligoFructose Complex formula, you're better off taking nothing at all.

J.
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Yes, it can be tough to make sure that kids get all they need nutrition-wise every day, Bionic Vemma Babe. I find that juicing fruits and veggies really helps. A whole plateful of healthy produce can go into one glass of freshly made juice and it it super easy for our bodies to take up these nutrients. I love it! You can even add a few of the things they don't usually want to eat, without them even being aware of it. It really works.