Natures Plus Animal Parade Vitamin D3 500IU Children’s Chewable

Natures Plus Animal Parade Vitamin D3 500IU Children’s Chewable

Animal Parade Children`s Chewable Vitamin D3 500IU has a delicious black cherry flavor and the fun animal shapes children love. These chewable Vitamin D tablets conform to the strictest standards for purity, including California`s Proposition 65. They are hypo-allergenic, gluten-free, and vegetarian.

Did you know that an ample supply of vitamin D is required for your kids to grow healthy and strong? These days, the need for adequate vitamin D supplements for our kids has never been greater! Kids spend less time outdoors, and when they do go outside our use of sunblock and sunscreen can prevent them from being able to absorb any of the light needed for their bodies to synthesize vitamin D.

For those of us who live in northern latitudes or in large cities, sun exposure is even more difficult to regularly obtain. Families with darker skin pigmentation require more sun exposure to generate an adequate amount of vitamin D. Additionally, if the mother is deficient in vitamin D (a very common issue in the U.S.) her baby is likely to be deficient as well.

In fact, the increase in deficiency of vitamin D prompted The American Academy of Pediatrics to recommend that all children, including babies, receive routine vitamin D supplementation due to decreased sunlight exposure and an increase in rickets.

Rickets is a disease among children that is caused by vitamin D deficiency. It is characterized by imperfect calcification, softening, and distortion of the bones typically resulting in bow legs. Other symptoms include delayed growth, weakness, and pain in the spine, pelvis, and legs.

Fortunately, vitamin D is one of the most accessible and affordable vitamins. Get your kids to spend more time outside in the sun when possible, and supplement vitamin D! Experts recommend additional supplemental vitamin D for kids, ideally in the bioavailable active form vitamin D3 for optimal growth and long-term health.