Vitamins and Teenagers: A Personal Statement
By Linda on Feb 15, 2010 in Food | comments(0)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 26, 2010
Vitamins and Teenagers: A Personal Statement
by Stephen H. Brown, PhD
(OMNS, Jan 26, 2010) In our house, vitamin supplements sit on the counter in open bowls like nuts, dried fruits, or jelly beans.
Colds, respiratory illnesses, intestinal viruses, mono, and other infectious diseases are constantly present in American schools. In response, my teenage kids have placed four bowls on the kitchen counter – a large one in the middle full of vitamin C surrounded by three smaller bowls of niacin, vitamin D, and thiamine tablets. They help themselves to the vitamins when they feel the need, and many of their friends have adopted the idea as well. Regularly, the kids report that the vitamins actually work. The most frequent comments are, “Wow, I can breath through my nose again!”, and “I was sure I was getting sick yesterday but I feel fine today.” Continued
