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SCHOOL’S BACK!
As the new term gets underway, keeping kids healthy is as easy as A-B-C!
Activity Most importantly, children need to start contains 1000mg of fish oil,
As well as being a valuable time the day well, so don’t allow your child to manufactured under pharmaceutical
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for learning, school days are also skip breakfast. Oats are best, such as control and screened for toxins. Comes
an important time for growth, be it tiny muesli or porridge, or a poached or in lemon flavour from Pharma Nord.
tots or teenagers. It is essential that scrambled egg on rye bread. These Vitabiotics WellKid is a multivitamin,
growing children get plenty of outdoor provide slow-release energy, helping to containing vitamins A, C, D and E and
activity – it is an important part of prevent mid-morning craving for minerals such as selenium, plus B-
childhood. Spending time outside is both something sugary. If your child gets complex and omega-3 for healthy
fun and part of an active, healthy lifestyle. peckish, give nuts, fruit or sugar-free growth, immune system defence and
Look for clubs, sports and activities in your snacks for break time. Avoid fizzy or energy release in children. Iron,
area that cater for children; talk to your sugary drinks or caffeine, instead, vitamin B12 and folic acid are also
child about things they would like to try. encourage your child to drink water as included for haemoglobin and healthy
As well as learning something new, children this will maximise brain functioning and blood formation.
socialise and interact with others better boost alertness. Children and young
when participating in activity. Why not try adults need essential fats, amino acids, Caution
getting involved yourself? You can set a vitamins and minerals, especially zinc and We don’t need to wrap our
good example for your child, spend quality B vitamins, in their daily diet. There are
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children in cotton wool, but it is
time together and get fit into the bargain! plenty of natural supplements formulated wise to be alert to dangers to health and
specifically for kids to help achieve well being. Keeping children informed is
Balance optimal nutritional intake, amongst the the best way to protect them and to
If there’s one thing that all best are: prevent paranoia; from stranger-danger
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parents will have heard a lot Kindervital for children, a high quality and road safety to flu prevention - give
about in recent years, it’s children’s eating liquid multivitamin and mineral your child the facts. If it is carefully and
and balanced diets. We are surrounded preparation which is easily absorbed. appropriately explained, children are far
by advice on how much fruit and Contains vitamins A, B complex, C, D more likely to wash their hands or
vegetables to give children and even and E, as well as calcium and herbal choose fruit for pudding – it works far
schools now have ‘healthy eating’ policies. extracts to aid digestion. Free from better than just telling them to do so!
But whilst they may happily munch on a additives, preservatives, artificial Taking time to explain and talk things
peeled carrot, juicy apple or rice cake, colours, nuts and lactose and is suitable through will also remove any fear that
most kids still remain fond of a packet of from 6 months. Available from Salus. may arise through sensing your anxiety.
crisps and a bar of chocolate too! So just BIOmega-3 Kids is a fish oil Be cautious for your child – but proceed
how do you get the balance right? preparation for children. Each capsule with care! n
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