Vitamins for teens

Vitamins are important for the health of any person, but for a growing children's body, their necessity is beyond doubt. Without sufficient daily intake of all vitamins, growth processes can be disrupted, which can lead to health problems. Particular attention should be paid to vitamins in adolescence, when physical and mental development is actively taking place in the body of the child.

In most countries, adolescents are children aged from 12 to 17 years old, while this age period is divided into the youngest (children from 12 to 14 years old) and older (children from 15 to 17 years old). UN terminology refers to adolescents children aged 10 to 19 years.

• For normal physical development and puberty, the child should receive retinol (vitamin A), which is also responsible for the state of vision of children aged 12-17.
• To support the metabolic processes that take place in the body of a child over 12 years old, vitamins of group B are especially important.
• Adequate intake of vitamin D is very important for healthy teeth and skeleton. This vitamin is especially needed for students aged 13-16.
• The full growth of a child of 13-15 years is impossible without vitamin E. This vitamin also helps adolescents to withstand infections.
• Ascorbic acid is the most important vitamin for enhancing the immunity of children aged up to 14 years old and over 15 years old. It is also necessary for connective tissue, the absorption of iron and the condition of the vascular walls.
• Adequate intake of vitamins H and A will help with skin problems that often occur in adolescents.
• Vitamins K and PP are important for normal blood circulation.

To make it easier for parents to navigate in the assessment of the amount of vitamins that a teenager receives from food or from a multivitamin supplement, you need to know the daily requirements for vitamins during adolescence:

Vitamin complex supplements prescribed in adolescence with:

• Inadequate and poor nutrition of a teenager.
• Lagging behind.
• The recovery period after a long or acute illness.
• Long-term treatment with any medication (especially antibiotics).
• Seasonal deficiency of vitamins in food.
• Living in adverse environmental conditions.
• Significant mental stress.
• Reduced appetite.
• Sports activities.

Opinion about the need for vitamin complexes for a child among doctors is very different. The doctor from the Union of Pediatricians of Russia - S. Makarova considers their input necessary for every child. See the video for more details.

Vitamin supplements should not be prescribed to adolescents in case of hypersensitivity to their ingredients, as well as the presence of hypervitaminosis D or A. If you have any serious health problems with a teenage child, you should consult a pediatrician about buying vitamins.

In adolescence, the immune system functions under high loads, so it is worth supporting it with vitamins, which affect the resistance of the child's body to viruses and bacteria. These vitamins in the first place include ascorbic acid, as well as vitamins E, A and D. It is important to ensure that these vitamins in the diet of adolescents are sufficient.

You can also support the immune system with special vitamin complexes, for example, Immuno Kids supplement from Multi-tabs or VitaMishki Immuno +.

Children's vitamins are produced in different forms - from sweet syrups and marmalade lozenges to capsules, coated tablets and injectables. In this case, with the preventive purpose, most often adolescents buy chewable vitamins.

The most popular multivitamin complexes under the age of 14 years are:

Teenagers over the age of 14 are most often bought such vitamin complexes:

Also, children 15 years and older can continue to give Kinder Biovital, Jungle, Pikovit Forte, VitaMishki and Multi-tabs Teenager.

For normal development and full provision of vitamins, a teenager should use daily:

• Fish, liver, poultry or meat.
• Butter.
• Different fruits and berries.
• Eggs
• Bread of a different type.
• Vegetable oil.
• Milk products.
• Fresh and thermally processed vegetables.
• Cereals or legumes.
• Nuts
• Greenery.

A popular doctor calls vitamins vital compounds, without sufficient intake in the body of a teenager can grow growth processes. Komarovsky believes that the correction of vitamin intake in children should begin with an assessment of the nutrition of a teenager.

• If you are going to buy vitamins for a teenager, remember that supplements for adults are not suitable for them. Watch the complex, in the annotation to which the possibility of use in adolescence is indicated.
• To be sure of the quality of the vitamin supplement that you will give to a teenager, buy the drug at a pharmacy, choosing something from a range of well-known manufacturers with a good reputation.
• Deciding to buy a teenager a complex in which minerals are added to the vitamins, pay attention to the dosages of calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper, iron and phosphorus. These are the most important mineral compounds under the age of 17 years.