The importance of a balanced diet for children
Why do children need a balanced diet from an early age?
A healthy, balanced diet for children provides essential vitamins, minerals and other nutritional goodies that kids need for healthy growth and development. Vitamins and minerals are vital for our bodies to function properly and each one plays a specific role in the body.
Keep your kids energised and healthy
Vitamins & Minerals growing bodies need
Kids require a nutritious and varied diet to support the amazing level of growth and development that happens during childhood. For many parents, making sure kids receive all the nutrition they need through food can be a confusing and daunting task. While trying to make sen6se of the wealth of information available, as parents we may also be faced with a picky toddler or a distracted pre‐schooler who is too busy playing to want to sit down and eat a well‐balanced meal. To help make meal planning easier, here is a breakdown of some (but not all!) of the more important vitamins and minerals growing bodies need:
The key ingredients of winter supplements
There is definitely a chill in the air and winter (otherwise known as cold and flu season) is here again…brrr! We know it is important to support our immune health throughout the year, however it becomes of particular importance when the cold weather arrives bringing with it an increased incidence of the dreaded flu. At this time of year we can support our health by choosing supplements that contain key ingredients to support immune health and function such as those listed below. In addition to aiding our immune systems, several of these key ingredients also have antioxidant properties. This means that they help protect the body from free radical damage that has been linked to premature aging – that’s got to be a good thing!
The importance of taking winter supplements
Summer is a distant memory and with a chill in the air there is no doubt that winter is here again. Unfortunately for some people the cold weather can bring with it a range of health concerns that would normally not trouble us during the warmer months. Taking supplements that help to support our health during winter may be beneficial for those specific health conditions that are more likely to occur in colder temperatures.
