4 Dangerous Ingredients in Children's Vitamins

What’s in your child’s vitamins?

In order to be the best parent you can, you want to make sure your children are healthy. One way to do that is by making sure they get the correct amount of vitamins and minerals that they need. Often this means serving our little ones a multivitamin with their breakfast.

Some commercials and clever packaging claim that a children’s vitamins “supports a healthy immune system” or is “pediatricians’ #1 choice”. Don’t buy the hype!

Children’s vitamins and supplements are a big business. Interestingly, sales of children’s vitamins are going up…but so are disease rates in children such as ADHD, asthma and allergies.

What gives?

Ingredients in Children’s Vitamins

Many times when your child takes their multivitamin they are ingesting harmful fillers, artificial dyes, sweeteners and preservatives…doing more harm than good.

Here are some of the detrimental additives in the popular children’s vitamins:

1. Hydrogenated Oil – yes, the same hydrogenated oil I have warned you about before which can cause problems to the heart and central nervous system.

2. Aspartame – Dr. Mercola has named aspartame as “the most dangerous substance added to most foods today.” Why? Because it has been connected to over 75% of bad food reactions reported to the FDA. Oh and it’s also been linked to Lymphoma and Leukemia.

3. Artificial Dyes & Colors – have you ever wondered how they get those little Fred Flintstones purple and red? I’ll give you a hint – it’s not from all of the grapes and apples they use to make them. It’s food dye such as red #40, which has been linked to cancer in children, as well as ADHD.

4. Magnesium Stearate – now you may say “Oh, magnesium! That’s good for you.” Nope, it’s actually used as a lubricant so the pills don’t stick together. Studies have shown magnesium stearate creates a biofilm in your child’s body, which will block any nutrients from being absorbed.

Clean Vitamins

So what kinds of vitamins or supplements should you be giving your child? Well, first you want to make sure they’re consuming a well-balanced diet but if you want to make sure they are getting all their nutrients, here are some vitamins that I trust:

And I really love (and so do my kids) the doTERRA A2Z Kid’s Multivitamin. It contains a proprietary formula of ingredients developed with children and adults who have difficulty swallowing capsules in mind. Combining a blend of B vitamins with a blend of vitamins A, C, and E, as well as botanical extracts, doTERRA a2z Chewable supports healthy cell development and longevity when taken daily.

Click here to get your children’s clean vitamin bundle.

What kind of vitamins – if any – do you give to your kids?

Leann Forst, MBA, CHC, CEOC — Holistic Health Practitioner

Leann is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified Essential Oils Coach, holding a Master’s degree from Drake University and a Bachelor of Science from Upper Iowa University. Leann is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. And she is an award winning author of 2 books “How to Get Your Kids to Beg for Veggies” and “100 Ways to Lose Weight”.

Born and raised as an Iowa farm girl, she moved to Texas in 1998 where she lives with her husband and 2 kids.

As a wife of a brain cancer survivor, Leann has a special interest in anti-cancer nutrition and detoxification. She works with individuals and groups, and speaks regularly at hospitals, schools and organizations to teach people how to attain optimal health by getting to the root cause of chronic and inflammatory conditions, while using healing modalities such as essential oils. Click here to get Leann’s free report, “37 Cancer Facts You Should Know…But Probably Don’t”

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