Best Vitamins For teenages?!
Question:
Best Vitamins For teenages?
I would like to know which are the best and most powerful vitamins for a 14 year old boy?
Also if Centrum are the best vitamins can I take the Centrum A to Zinc or the Centrum Performance Multivitamins because i heard their really powerful?
i don't want the Children Multivitamins because their weak!!!
The 1 that gives me the best answer wins 10 points?
Answers:
A broad-based program of nutritional supplementation is a good idea for adolescents.
Here is a list of the supplements.
Vitamin A ( as beta carotene) 15, 000 units
B vitamins:
B-1: 10 mg
B-2 : 15 mg
B-3 : 100 mg
B-6 : 25 mg
Pantothenic acid: 100mg
Folic acid: 400 mcg
Don't use routinely large doses of B vitamins. In addition to being unnecessary, they can make acne worse. Also don't take a supplements that include B-12 in multivitamin pills because a mixture of B-12, C, and copper in the stomach can change B-12 into a harmful substance.
Vitamin C : 1,000 mg
Vitamin E : 400 units
Minerals -
Magnesium: 300-500 mg
Zinc: 15 mg
Copper: 1 mg
Selenium : 100 mcg
Manganese: 10 mg
Chromium: 400 mcg
Molybdenum: 400 mcg
Also omit Iron because it blocks the absorption of zinc, copper, and manganese.
Essential Fatty acids( EFA's ) - Buy separately.
Flax-seed oil: 1tablespoon/day or
Walnut oil: 2 tablespoon /day.
Choosing a multi/mineral supplements
Look at the label .
The amount of vits and minerals should be the same as above chart.
The base or matrix for preparation should have a natural base.