I'm asked all the time what type of vitamins and nutritional supplements I give our children. First, I'm a firm believer in gettng whatever nutrients you possibly can from your daily, healthy food sources. Above and beyond that, we do need to supplement in certain areas.
The most significant supplement I give our children is omega 3 fatty acids - fish oil. There's no possible way our natural food sources could give them enough of this critical element these days. Even "natural", deep cold-water fish is now too toxic to consume enough to create optimal health. We're at the point where it must be supplemented with only PURE sources. We use Innate Choice products. Look for sources that are pure, pharmaceutical grade, ultra-refined, etc. If not, don't waste your money... you're only buying a concentrated form of toxins. Spend the money to get the best, safest brands.
We also give our kids probiotics. These are the naturally occurring, healthy bacteria that are supposed to be living in our gut. They are destroyed by antibiotics, stress, artificial sweeteners, coffee, drugs, tap water, etc. To keep our digestive system and immune system healthy (and, therefore, every other system healthy as well), we must ensure a sufficient amount of probiotics in our system. These days, kids don't have a chance unless we supplement with probiotics. We like Garden of Life's products for this. There are a few other good, full-spectrum choices as well.
Finally, we have a multi-vitamin/mineral on hand for the kids. I say "on hand" because we don't necessarily give it to them every day. I feel very confident that on the majority of days, I make sure that the kids are getting ample sufficient and pure sources of the essential nutrients they need from the foods I supply for them. If, for some reason, that's not the case, that's when I make sure they get the multi-vitamin/mineral supplement.
That's it! We keep it pretty simple... because we know that real health shouldn't be hard!
(More on what's in our "Natural Not-Medicine Cabinet" in an upcoming discussion.)
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