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Toddlers: 24 Months+
PSA: have you seen the ingredients in Flintstone vitamins???
This is absolutely disgusting that they have put these ingredients in children's vitamins. Not trying to preach, but think about what you are putting in your child's body as a "vitamin"
- #2 ingredient: Sorbitol [sugar alcohol]
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Soy, Castor)
- Gelatin
- Corn Starch
- FD&C Red #40 Aluminum Lake [made from petroleum]
- Mono- and Di-Glycerides [hydrogenated oils]
- Aspartame [controversial sweetener]
- FD&C Yellow #6 Aluminum Lake
- Sucrose [table sugar]
- Xylitol [sugar alcohol]
- FD&C Blue #2 Aluminum Lake
- Cupric Oxide [used to make batteries]
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Re: PSA: have you seen the ingredients in Flintstone vitamins???
LOL no wonder...they probably have more sugar than a candy bar!
Yeah, that's gross. Aside from the fact that gelatin is just disgusting. If you're not sure where gelatin comes from, Google it.
I'll be looking for a multi-vitamin from Trader Joe's for Ben. I would imagine the ingredients in their brand would be more in line with the kind of things I want to go in his body.
well that is just downright scary.
looks like i will be finishing off the bottle of chewables i just bought him and finding new ones. any ideas on where to get new more natural but tasty ones?
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So your kids are never going to get to eat Jello?
I see nothing wrong with most of the stuff in those ingredients. And the rest is in such small quantities (even taken once a day) that it's not a big deal to me.
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Is it in small quanities? sure. But why would you want to put that stuff in your child when they are other alternatives that provide the vitamins without the crap? These are *not* ingredients - they are man-made chemicals. There is no need for your child to be injesting these on a daily basis.
Here's where I have the problem. Flintstones are very popular, and most parents assume that they are healthy. When a product is marketed as a vitamin, you assume that it is beneficial to the health of your child.
This isn't like feeding your child Jello - I don't think anyone would argue that Jello is *healthy*. You make an educated decision to allow your child to have a sweet treat once in a while. You inherently understand that Jello is not "healthy" for your child. It is not marketed as such. But Flintstones are.
Hell - like pp said - even doctors are recommended them for pre-natals. That blows my mind.
When I asked the pedi about vitamins, he said they are absolutely unnecessary as long as DD eats well-balanced meals most of the time. Since she does, I am staying away from vitamins until she becomes a picky-eater, and even then it will be an all-natural vitamin.
I'm not usually one to harp on this kind of thing too much, since there are so many worse things out there that she is exposed to everyday, but this is one I can control for the most part. And I think it is sick that these companies market this crap to kids and parents who think they are doing the best for their child. But at the same time, it is so important for parents to become as educated as possible on these types of things.
The aspartame is the only thing that really concerns me. I hate artificial sweeteners.
ETA: We don't use any vitamins yet. I'm just commenting.
These posts always make me chuckle. OH NOES! OH NOES!
I crack up at people being horrified by gelatin. Unless you specifically buy a vitamin from a vegan retailer, you're getting thatin just about every pill and capsule you take.
I have no issue with any of those ingredients.
Ben's takes them and so did I when I was growing up. I will continue giving them to him especially since my pedi said they were fine. Most people would be horrified at what we let Ben do though...he gets to eat something sweet after lunch and dinner (ice cream, pie, Brown Cow, Ice Cream Sandwich, etc.) and sometimes we even give him M and M's and Caramels. I'm not a super nazi when it comes to most things.
BTW, I give Ben My First Flintstones and it didn't have listed some of the things that were listed above.
My daughter is vegan and does not eat Jello. I'm raising Ben vegetarian and have no plans of giving it to him either. He can make that decision when he's old enough if he wants it, but there's no way I'll be the one to give it to him. Same with fast food. Blech.
RX Jenna. Can we make out?
EEK! CHEMICALS!
It's really not as bad as you think. Vitamins contain copper (cupric oxide) because your body needs a small amount of copper. Batteries contain copper. This does not mean that giving your child a vitamin is equivalent to feeding them batteries. Of course, ingesting large quantities of cupric oxide is harmful, but the same can be said for iron, tylenol, alcohol, water... I could go on and on. Besides, stomach acid reacts with cupric oxide to form safe compounds, so the cupric oxide doesn't actually enter your child's system. While I concede that the artificial colors are unnecessary, and I have a personal distaste for artificial sweeteners, let's not assume that all chemicals are "evil".