Whether children need multivitamins in winter: doctors' recommendations and the importance of a varied diet

Pediatricians recommend that children at the end of winter take a course of multivitamins to replenish the stock of vitamins and minerals, depleted over the winter. However, not all doctors adhere to the position that artificial vitamins should be drunk.

Doctor pediatrician, neonatologist clinic "Pediatrician" Michael Sokolovsky is convinced: if and need to drink multivitamins, not all. Initially, multivitamins were developed as a forced measure and used exclusively by people who, due to profession or life circumstances do not have the opportunity to eat rationally.

Features of vitamin digestion also play an important role. Synthetic multivitamins are digested by the body much worse than vitamins in natural form. The bioavailability of natural vitamins is much higher.

Hypovitaminosis is a reduced amount of vitamins. And if there is a deficiency of them in the body, first of all it is necessary to talk about their reduced amount in the diet. Vitamin deficiency is often associated with improper diets.

Who needs vitamins? The basis for the use of multivitamins can serve as a basis for the child's severe infectious disease. If after suffering an illness, the doctor notes that he has unsatisfactory results of tests, for example, low hemoglobin, he may recommend taking multivitamins so that the body recovers faster.

It is important to remember that multivitamins are medicines that can not be taken uncontrollably, but only as prescribed by a doctor. It is not recommended to give children synthetic vitamins without a doctor's prescription to avoid hypervitaminosis, which can be harmful to health.

In any season there are products with which you can replenish the stock of necessary nutrients. A rational and varied diet of seasonal foods can be a better alternative to synthetic multivitamins.