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Mar 30 2010

Can the one a day vitamins or probiotics cause overweight in already well fed kids, 7 and 9?

Posted by: Alan in Probiotics, tags: Already, Cause, Kids, overweight, Probiotics, Vitamins, Well

My friend gives her children 7 and 9 vitamin supplements( all vitamins) and probiotics for the past 2 years. She feeds them healthy and well, but they are overweight. I was just wondering if by doing that (giving them extra supplements since they are well fed)it can cause them to be overweight. Thank you.

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One Response to “Can the one a day vitamins or probiotics cause overweight in already well fed kids, 7 and 9?”

Sue says:

March 30th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Unless she’s using supplements with a lot of sugar in them, the answer is definitely no. You get overweight by eating more than you need to for your level of exercise & metabolism. Extra vitamins won’t add to that. In fact, if you take vitamin supplements that you don’t need because your diet is really well-balanced, you will just pee out the extra vitamins. And probiotics are not absorbed into the body. They work right in the gut (and they can be very effective!)