Aug

Get Your Vitamin D…

Are your kids getting enough Vitamin D?

I didn’t understand the ramifications of not getting enough Vitamin D till our pediatrician started explaining to us how they are seeing a lot of kids having all sorts of issues including Rickets.

If your kids are not in the sun for at least 10-15min a day and at least twice that much for dark skinned kids and are not given a Vitamin D supplement, Then they are not getting enough Vitamin D, and could be deficient.

When the pediatrician learned that i would be exclusively breastfeeding my son, she wanted us to get him on the Trivisol vitamins right away. Breast milk contains enough calcium, but you would need to supplement for the Vitamin D. My Dr reminded me as well that now that am breastfeeding, i needed to continue taking my – prenatals vitamins for as long as i breastfeed. personally, i am also taking a DHA supplement as well- I was on the Expecta Lipil ( non-fish base) …By the way CVS sometime have deals on their store brand DHA supplement 2 for the price of 1, can’t beat that.

With us women, as we age we need to maintain our calcium/D levels, so if you are not on a multivitamin, at least use a calcium/D supplement daily. I was reading this article about Vitamin D on CNN Health, Researchers were saying ..Adults can get low on vitamin D as well, you are talking about risk of getting diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and a lot of cancers, and when kids start out with low levels and never increase them, they may be at risk for developing all of these diseases at a much earlier age.

Julian is on the flintstones Gummies at the moment, i give him 1 gummy a day. Eli is on the Trivisol vitamin solution and i give him 1ML / day. This summer Julian spent a lot of time outdoors especially in the morning hours before noon. Vitamin D is only made if we are in the sunlight (Unprotected) for at least 15min, so if you know you are always indoors then get yourself a good supplement, and i would recommend one that has calcium/VitaminD as you need the Calcium to absorb the Vitamin D. Of course, take with food for better absorption.

The recommended daily amount of D is 400 IU.

Let’s stay healthy as much as we can.

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