Vitamins "Supradin" for children
When choosing a multivitamin complex for a child, any mother looks for a healthy product that will positively affect the health and development of her son or daughter. And so most often pay attention to the additives from proven and well-known manufacturers, for example, Supradin vitamins, produced by the Swiss company Bayer. What products of this vitamin line are intended for children and what is important for parents to know about such supplements?
Kinds
The Supradin line of children's vitamins includes four products with different composition and different forms of release.
Supradin Kids
Such a complex drug will give the child’s body not only basic vitamin compounds, but also substances such as choline and omega-3 fats. Admission Supradin Kids has a beneficial effect on the mental development and memory of the child.
Supplement recommended for children over three years of age. The drug is a marmalade lozenges in the form of stars and fish. One pack contains 30 lozenges, and each weighs 4 grams.
Supradin Kids Gel
This is a multivitamin complex for children over three years old, including beta-carotene and lecithin. It has a tonic effect and also has a positive effect on the development of children, especially on their nervous system.
- Due to the presence of lecithin in the composition of such a complex contributes to intellectual activity. Such a connection increases the performance of the brain, improves memory and other mental processes.
- The presence of beta-carotene in this supplement is important for healthy eyes and bones. This substance is also required to support the immune system.
The additive is available in the form of a gel, which has a yellow-orange shade, a sweet-sour taste and an orange odor. The gel is placed in a tube, and the total weight of the package is 175 g.
Supradin Kids Bears
This complex gives the growing-up child important for the development of vitamin compounds in an attractive and tasty form. Supplement appointed at the age of 11 years. It is a chewy lozenges “bear cubs”, each weighing 4 g, packed in a plastic bottle of 30 or 60 pieces.
Supradin Kids Junior
This complex is recommended for children over five years of age. It includes the necessary for the child vitamins (including choline) and valuable minerals. Taking this drug will support the mental and physical development of preschoolers, as well as children of school age.
The supplement is made in the form of orange-mandarin chewable tablets. They are sold in packs of 30 or 50 pieces in plastic bottles.
Composition
The main ingredients in Supaddin's baby vitamins are:
Title |
Active ingredients |
Supradin Kids Gel |
Lecithin Beta carotene Thiamine Vitamins D, C and E Niacin Riboflavin Pantothenic acid Pyridoxine |
Supradin Kids |
Choline Vitamin C Vitamins B3 and B12 Pyridoxine Omega-3 |
Supradin Kids Bears |
Pyridoxine Vitamins B9, PP and B12 Biotin Vitamins A, E and C Vitamin D |
Supradin Kids Junior |
Choline Pantothenic acid Vitamins C, D and PP Thiamine Vitamins A and E Vitamin B2 Pyridoxine Vitamin B12 Folic acid Biotin Calcium and Magnesium Manganese, iodine and selenium Zinc and copper Iron and chrome |
Indications
Complex vitamins Supradin in childhood are prescribed for the following purpose:
- Prevent the development of seasonal hypovitaminosis.
- To prevent a lack of vitamins due to poor nutrition.
- Provide your baby with nutrients during the recovery period after illness.
- Support the body of the child during its active growth or with increased needs for vitamins, for example, when playing sports.
- Strengthen the immunity of the child.
Many pediatricians oppose the prophylactic introduction of vitamin complexes in the diet, while others are in favor. You can learn more about the latest opinion by watching the video of the Union of Pediatricians of Russia.
Contraindications
Children should not be given Supradin with an increased risk of allergy to the complex if the child has an intolerance to any component of the supplement. Due to the presence of aspartame in Supradin Kids Junior, such a complex is contraindicated in phenylketonuria. Since all the Supradin complexes include carbohydrates, it is important to take into account if the child has diabetes.
Instruction
Dosage
Supradin in the form of a gel for babies is taken in this single dose:
For children 3-6 years |
2.5 g of gel (half tsp.) |
For children over 7 years old and teenagers |
5 g of gel (full tsp.) |
Supradin Kids give to children in such single dosages:
In 3-4 years |
One pastil (4 g) |
4-14 years old |
Two lozenges (8 g) |
A single dosage of Supradin Kids Junior will be:
Children 5-11 years old |
1 chewable tablet |
Children over 11 years old |
2 chewable tablets |
Supradin Kids in the form of bears give the child one tablet each day.
How to use
Supradin gel form is given to children during meals two to three times a day at the age of 3-6 years and twice a day at the age of 7 years. Junior tablets as well as Supradin Kids lozenges and Supradin chewing bears offer to chew on the baby during meals once a day.
With regard to the duration of use, then any complex Supradin advised to take within 30 days.
Reviews and prices
Parents who have chosen Supradin supplements for their children, speak of these vitamins mostly well. They are pleased with the pleasant taste of the additives, the presence of irreplaceable ingredients, as well as the interesting shape that the children like. Most mothers emphasize that it is not required to persuade a son or daughter to eat such a vitamin. Children chew them with pleasure.
The main disadvantages of multivitamins Supradin called their rather high cost. The price of one package is on average 400-500 rubles, and in many cases it is not enough for the full course. Also, some mothers complain that such vitamins do not chew well, and the lid of the jar opens very easily. In addition, although rare, but taking Supradin Kids sometimes causes an allergic reaction.
Substitute Products
If it is impossible to give a child any of the Supradin complexes, such multivitamins can be replaced with additives similar in composition, for example, with the vitamins Alphabet, Vitrum, Pikovit, Multi-tabs, VitaMishki and others.
However, some mothers consider synthetic vitamin supplements to be less useful than vitamins from food. But in order for the baby to receive all the important nutrient compounds from the products, it is important to monitor its diet, including cereals, greens, fruits, meat products, cheeses, dairy products, vegetable oil, and much more. If the menu of the child will be varied, multivitamin supplements can not give the child.
For more on this, see the transfer of Dr. Komarovsky.