I have a 14 year old daughter that does not eat fruit or veg. What vitamin supplimnts should I give her?

Answer 1

oh my gawd

Vitamin supplements are useless without the correct foods to work with.

You are her parent...make her eat right! If you don't know how to do that after 14 years, you are a horrible parent.

Answer 2

You should first consider taking your daughter to a nutritionist or doctor to get some professional advice on what things you can try to get your daughter to eat more fruits and vegetables. For one thing, this isn't merely an issue of vitamins -- it's also got to do with antioxidants (which fight cancer), weight (eating fruits and vegetables are one secret to maintaining a healthy body weight and avoiding the epidemic of obesity in this country!), and fiber (vital for cancer-fighting as well). You can't really even replace the vitamins in fruits and veggies with vitamin supplements, because the vitamins in the supplements aren't as readily absorbed into the body as the ones you find in whole foods. There's just no substitution for the real thing, so you need to keep trying to find some ways you can get your daughter to eat fruits and veggies -- a nutritionist or doctor would be able to offer you some good advice on that.

You might also try "sneaking" fruits and vegetables into things she DOES like -- like, if she enjoys lasagna or other pasta dishes, try adding some cooked, shredded carrot or other smally diced vegetables into the sauce.

In the meantime, however, a simple multi-vitamin formulated for adolescents or kids would suffice. Multi-vitamins usually have 100% (or more) of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of all the critical vitamins and minerals. It doesn't need to get any more complicated than that (that is, you don't need to buy individual vitamin pills for each specific vitamin -- just the one multi-vitamin will suffice).

Good luck!

Answer 3

Your daughter would be the perfect candidate for whole food nutrition supplements. These are plant-based supplements and provide much of the macronutrients found in fruits and vegetable along with the micronutrients to which no RDA has been set, yet are believed to be important because they enhance the effect of the macronutrients.

I have used 2 products over the years...Juice Plus and Nanogreens. If your daughter is rather finicky, which it sounds like she is...you might want to go with Juice Plus since it is in capsule form (you take fruit capsules in the morning and veggie capsules in the afternoon).

Nanogreens would be my first choice and as powder form products go, it doesn't taste bad, but a kid that won't eat veggies/fruits probably would fight you.

Answer 4

I would recommend a multivitamin. Research on the web what a teenager should get in terms of daily allowance (I know some adult varieties may not have enough calcium, iron, etc.). Then get her what she needs.

I'm 35 now and remember when I was young, my parents had me take a MV in the morning. I hate veggies and only eat occasional fruit.

Answer 5

There is no good substitute for fresh veggies and fruit. I am a mother of 3 children, ages now 31, 29 and 22. They were all MADE to eat what I told them to eat as children.

Answer 6

Does this include celery and other munchable vegetables? Lots of teens like celery slathered with peanut butter or cream cheese. Or other raw vegetables such as cauliflower or carrots dipped in something.
Strawberries and whipped cream?
Pineapple chunks?

A lot of American families simply don't provide enough variety to tempt a teen. Sounds as if you do, so make sure she gets Vitamins C and D. She needs to lower her pasta and bread intake or she's at risk for diabetes.

Answer 7

I've gone my whole life without eating vegetables, and only occasional fruits. If she eats breakfast cereals, most of them have all the vitamins and minerals she needs (if she eats it with milk). You can always just give her a multi-vitamin, too.

Answer 8

how bout you just let her keep doing what she is doing and then when she has to go poop, she will realize that she need to eat some fruit and veggies cuz its gonna hurt like a mofo! I could understand if she was like 4, but she is 14, you need to put your foot down and set some rules!

Answer 9

Juicing is the answer here she will love the taste of a good smoothie and various other drinks created by juicing

Answer 10

Feed her fruits and vegetables. Don't mean to seem harsh, but you are the parent. You should be determining what she eats. Parenting doesn't come in a capsule.

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