Kids’ Vitamins and Supplements: What’s Safe, What Works, and What to Skip

With so many multivitamins and supplements for kids, it’s confusing for parents. I break down safety, marketing tactics, and research in this video!

1:00-Factors that affect our immune system
2:09-Regulation of supplements in the U.S.
3:40-How to reframe when your kid in childcare is “sick all the time”
4:32-Basic fundamentals of immune health
12:08-When are multivitamins needed?
13:08-“Picky eating’ and multivitamins
14:14-Vitamin C supplements
16:01-Zinc supplements
18:20-Elderberry supplements
20:00-How to approach immune supplement use in kids and be a smart consumer

***The information in this video is intended to serve as educational information and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If a parent or guardian is concerned about their child, it is their responsibility to seek medical attention with the child’s healthcare provider.***

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