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BY SUSAN ENFIELD


THE MOST IMPORTANT


NUTRIENTS YOUR CHILD MAY BE MISSING


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ost 6-year-olds will choose a cookie over cauliflower any day. Tankfully, if you can’t get kids to eat their fruit and veggie quotas, nutrition experts agree that a high-quality children’s multivitamin can provide important missing nutrients


for developing brains and bodies. But do children need other supplements? In most cases, the answer is yes. Here are natural experts’ top picks to support healthy, growing kids. Calcium. Most multis for children provide less than 100 mg calcium, far short of the


recommended daily intake (1,000 mg for ages 4 to 8; 1,300 mg for age 9 and older). If your children eat dairy or fortified foods (soy milk, orange juice, tofu), they may be getting plenty. If not, consider giving them supplements with calcium as well as magnesium and vitamin D, which growing bones need to absorb calcium. Dose: In addition to a daily multivitamin, take 200 mg calcium and 400–600 IU vitamin D3. (Some multivitamins contain these amounts.) Try: Now Kid Cal chewables ➻


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