As a nutritional guardian, vitamins are one of the six major nutrients in the human body and are organic substances necessary for human health, growth, reproduction and life. Children who are growing and developing need enough protein, fat and sugar in addition to sufficient vitamins to meet their growth and development needs. It is certain that children who have a balanced diet, eat well, have few illnesses and grow well generally do not need additional vitamin supplements. But which children need vitamin supplements? What is the right supplement for my child? Please take a look at the following introduction with your questions in mind. Vitamins (Vitamin) are organic compounds that are indispensable in human metabolism. Most of them cannot be synthesized in the human body or are synthesized sufficiently to meet the body’s needs. Therefore, it must be taken from food. Vitamin deficiencies can be caused by unbalanced diets, inadequate feeding of children, poor digestion and absorption, or increased consumption of vitamins during illness. In the following cases, it is necessary to give children appropriate vitamin supplementation. 1, long-term dietary irregularities. before the age of 3, children should develop three major habits – sleeping, eating and bowel habits. These three habits affect the child for life. Many of my patients have family members who complain that their children do not eat, some love snacks, and some snacks do not love to eat (simply become immortal). When asked about their entire feeding process, most of them are not developing the right eating habits. How to cultivate children’s eating habits? This is a test of the parents of children’s technical work. Simply put, it is to cultivate the child’s interest in eating. For example, parents can take their children to the food market to buy ingredients that interest them, pay attention to the nutritional mix, while paying attention to the color and properties of the ingredients themselves to stimulate the child’s senses. Adults and children can eat together, not alone, but also several children can eat together, competing with each other and performance, from time to time to praise the children who eat well, etc.. There are different ways to do this, so let’s use everyone’s ingenuity. There are some differences in meal arrangements for children at different stages, and the table below shows the general recommendations. Stages Dietary Recommendations Infancy <1 year old Breastfeeding on demand is recommended, and complementary foods are added from 4 months of age, gradually, from single to complex, to prepare for the transition to solid foods later Infancy 1-3 years old It is appropriate to eat foods rich in high quality protein, nutritious, made of fine and soft, easy to digest, three meals a day, plus one snack in the afternoon Preschool 4-7 years old The main food of soft rice is changed to ordinary rice, and pasta dishes are the same as adults. Overly hard, greasy and spicy foods should be avoided School age 8-12 years Supply adequate nutrition and energy to ensure growth and development, with the same food variety as adults Adolescence 12-18 years Adequate calories and protein should be provided, with attention to vitamin and mineral supplementation to meet bone development and prevent anemia and goiter 2. Children who are frequently ill. If the child's body resistance is significantly weaker than other children, the cause of this could be a lack of certain vitamins in the body. This is because many vitamins are coenzymes or components of coenzymes of enzymes. All metabolism in the body is related to enzymatic reactions, so vitamins are important for maintaining and regulating the normal metabolism of the body. The normal metabolism of the body is affected and the ability to resist invasion by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses will be affected. 3.Children who are partial eaters. Partial eating, that is, there will be part of the food eaten less, so that it is easy to cause the lack of some nutrients, serious will lead to nutritional deficiency-related diseases, such as rickets, iron deficiency anemia, scurvy, etc.. 4, children who like to eat fried food. Now many fried snacks, overcooked, repeatedly heated, placed too long can cause a large loss of vitamins. The familiar vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that is easily lost. 5, children with insufficient sunlight. Many parents are afraid that their children will get a tan, so they rarely give their children sunlight. It is not known that only moderate sunlight can promote the development of bones. Whether or not vitamin supplementation is necessary depends on the individual. Vitamin supplements are a good nutritional supplement for those children who have any of the above aspects. However, we should not blindly abuse vitamins as a panacea, nor should we shy away from using them because of certain side effects that may occur. What is important is that we should have a proper understanding of vitamin nutrition, especially when the body shows abnormal signs of certain vitamin deficiencies, we should take the appropriate vitamin supplements in time. As for which brands of vitamin products to buy, I do not make a clear recommendation. With the increasing food safety issues in China, I conservatively recommend the big international brands that may be more reassuring.