I have been taking Centrum Kid's Spongebob vitamins, because my siblings don't bother taking them so I brought the bottle to college with me so that I don't have to buy my own. I'm sure that children's vitamins are completely safe, but do they provide enough vitamins for a 5'1" 20 year old female?
2006-10-30 16:55:16 · 15 answers · asked by Amilucky0707 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Yes. But you should read the label to see which preservatives are in them. Most supermarket brands are loaded with extra crap, including sugar. The preservatives actually inhibit your body's absorption of the vitamins. Essentially you are just eating candy every day. Your body is getting no benefit. Flintstones are the worst for this. They are so pointless yet everyone talks about how great they are and OBs will even tell pregnant women to take them if they can't keep down prescription vitamins. Why? They do nothing at all. I won't give my own children Flintstones. I mean, I might as well just hand them candy. I'm not as familiar with centrum but I have a feeling they aren't much better. Read the label.
If you get a balanced diet, chances are you don't need the daily vitamin. But if you think you do then one great vitamin is by Nature's Plus. Check out vitaminshoppe.com They have some good quality vitamins. And no, I don't work for them or anything. I'm just a health nut.
2006-10-30 17:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by Amelia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They might have a little less of everything... and different porportions of them as well. You should examine the label and compare it to something like Centrum so that you know what you're getting. But of course, it's safe to take. When you finish the bottle, go ahead and get some adult vitamins.
2006-10-30 16:59:58 · answer #2 · answered by Heidi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I take them all the time. They don't have as many of the things you need as an adult vitamin but I can't take pills and I have been taking these.
2006-10-30 16:58:36 · answer #3 · answered by chilover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually the childrens Vitamins are half the dosage of the adults dose, and i think you should double the dose so that you get enough vitamins
2006-10-30 17:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by abdul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you compare to 'adult' vitamins, you'll notice the amount of vitamins is not really close enough to be routinely useful.
2006-10-30 17:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when my daughter was preg, she had a hard time swallowing the pre natial pill, so her dr told her to take two flinstons she would get the same, so I say take two of them a day, eat a sensable diet, stay away from the fast food, fried stuff
2006-10-30 16:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by kat_lucas60 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can take them. They actually do provide what you need. I had to take them instead of prenatals when I was pregnant. They were the only thing I could keep down,
2006-10-30 16:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Ashley H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There shouldn't be a problem but as a young women you should make sure that you're getting enough calcium (500mg or so) and folic acid (0.4mg).
2006-10-30 18:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes flinstone vitamins are awesome
2006-10-30 16:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by elitestreetracing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not.. instead of wsting a bottle of vitamins. take them
2006-10-30 17:27:43 · answer #10 · answered by Richard K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋