The Big Problem With Children’s Vitamins and Supplements

 Most of the brands tout myriad health benefits. Vitamin Code Kids is made with lots of organic ingredients, including Brussels sprouts, kale, cucumber, garlic and blueberries. It also has probiotics, and its makers market it as the \”chewable whole food multivitamin.\”

 With a smorgasbord like that, why bother making dinner? A big seller these days is vitamin D; a recent report concluded that vitamin D deficiencies may cause hypocalcemic seizures, growth disturbances and rickets and perhaps influence cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.