Vitamins for a toddler

[GreenMomPhD]

My daughter just turned 2 and while she loves fruit, she hardly touches veggies. I have decided to start giving her a vitamin supplement. I have a friend who highly recommends Juice Plus supplement. She gives them to her family and also sells them in her shop. They aren't like typical vitamins- they juice fruits and veggies, then freeze dry the liquid and put into capsules or gummies. So, the are like super concentrated fruits and veggies and would contain all kinds of good substances. I am thinking to use them for my daughter, but they would be about $0.75 per day, a bit expensive.

Does anyone have any experience with Juice Plus or can recommend another chewable supplement for a toddler? Thanks!

[JessicaS]

We got samples of those Juice Plus vitamins and my toddler said "bleh" and spit them out.

I am really hesitant to spend that much on vitamins when I am not sure I could get him to take them.

[mom61508]

Originally Posted by GreenMomPhD

My daughter just turned 2 and while she loves fruit, she hardly touches veggies. I have decided to start giving her a vitamin supplement. I have a friend who highly recommends Juice Plus supplement. She gives them to her family and also sells them in her shop. They aren't like typical vitamins- they juice fruits and veggies, then freeze dry the liquid and put into capsules or gummies. So, the are like super concentrated fruits and veggies and would contain all kinds of good substances. I am thinking to use them for my daughter, but they would be about $0.75 per day, a bit expensive.

Does anyone have any experience with Juice Plus or can recommend another chewable supplement for a toddler? Thanks!

Can you list ingredients? Brain child nutrionals is the best I've seen by far but they are $$

[GreenMomPhD]

[QUOTE=abimommy;15519631]We got samples of those Juice Plus vitamins and my toddler said "bleh" and spit them out.

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We have both tried samples of the fruit and veggie gummies and she ate both, so I am not worried abotu her eating them. Were you trying those or the capsules?

[GreenMomPhD]

TRe the ingredients, they only say that it contains 17 fruits vegetables and grains. From their website:

•Apple: Pectin along with a variety of polyphenols and other antioxidants
•Acerola Cherry: Vitamin C and anthocyanadins
•Cranberry: Flavonoid and phenolic antioxidants
•Orange: Vitamin C, folate, and several carotenoids including beta-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin
•Papaya: Vitamin C, potassium, and several carotenoids including beta-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin
•Peach: Vitamin C and several carotenoids
•Pineapple: Vitamin C and bromelain
•Tomato: Vitamin C, polyphenols, and several carotenoids including lycopene
•Oat Bran: Dietary fiber, vitamin E, several B vitamins, and minerals
•Beet: Folate, iron and calcium
•Broccoli: Folate, vitamin C, and several carotenoids including beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and glucosinolates
•Cabbage: Vitamin C, folate, and glucosinolates
•Carrot: Several carotenoids including beta-carotene, along with vitamin E
•Kale: Vitamin C, folate, magnesium, and several carotenoids including beta carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin
•Parsley: Vitamin C, folate, several carotenoids and flavonols
•Spinach: Folate, vitamin C, vitamin E, several carotenoids, iron, and calcium
•Brown Rice Bran: Dietary fiber, several B vitamins, and minerals

I figure that it is closer to actually eating the vegetable or fruit since they take the juice from it and you get all the nutrients that would be in the juice of the item, compared to a 'vitamin'.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by GreenMomPhD

Originally Posted by abimommy

We got samples of those Juice Plus vitamins and my toddler said "bleh" and spit them out.

We have both tried samples of the fruit and veggie gummies and she ate both, so I am not worried abotu her eating them. Were you trying those or the capsules?

It was the gummies