Vitamins and nutrients are vital to children’s healthy development; however, gummies packed with artificial dyes and high fructose corn syrup should be avoided at all costs.
Gummy vitamins may pose several potential health hazards, including overdosing on certain nutrients. Let’s take a deeper look into this matter.
Chewables are Better for Teeth
Gummies and chewables may pose greater threats to dental health than candy due to their sticky consistency and sugar residue left behind, plus their chewability which may loosen fillings and crowns.
Chewables may be manufactured through direct compression, which involves compressing powder mixture directly into tablets without wetting and drying first. This process helps maintain stability for heat- and moisture-sensitive nutrients.
Chewable vitamins may use different sweeteners to make them taste more desirable for children, while meeting clean-label regulations – making them a safer option than many other vitamins that don’t meet this standard.
Always inform doctors, nurses, pharmacists and laboratory workers of your child’s use of Healthy Kids Gummies medicine; this may impact lab tests in an adverse manner. Your child should continue taking this medicine unless otherwise instructed by their physician.
They’re More Complete
Children typically struggle to swallow pills, so gummies are an ideal form of nutrition and supplement intake for them. Unfortunately, however, this form can leave sticky residue behind on children’s teeth that leads to cavities requiring more trips to the dentist than anticipated.
Chewables provide an ideal balance of taste and nutrition, offering more vitamins than gummies but less sugar than liquids. Unfortunately, however, they are more likely to stick in children’s teeth than gummies and require an even hand to chew without dropping.
Liquids provide more flexibility for parents as they can be mixed with juice or water, providing more freedom to adjust dose based on age or health condition, while being mixed into juice or water is optional. Unfortunately, liquids also tend to contain chemicals like preservatives and flavorings which could potentially cause allergies and upset sensitive stomachs. They’re also ideal for infants and toddlers because liquids can easily be diluted into their veins using a syringe to ensure dosage reaches individual children without over or underdoing!
They’re Not Better for Your Child’s Health
Gummies might be easier for your child to swallow than pills, but that doesn’t make them better for his or her health. Gummy vitamins contain sugary substances which stick to teeth and create an environment ideal for tooth decay.
Multivitamin gummy bears are often classified as medicines and must disclose their sugar content on the label, such as the Bioglan Omega 3 Fish Oil Kids Gummies which contain 54g per 100g!
Some gummy vitamins have even been discovered to contain unapproved drugs. The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recently prohibited raspberry-flavoured Nutrition Ignition Kids Magnesium Glycinate Gummies from sale after testing revealed they contained undeclared melatonin – a prescription-only sleep aid which may cause drowsiness, headaches and dizziness if taken. Parents were instructed not to give these gummies to their children anymore and to safely dispose of any they had remaining.
They Can Cause Overdoses
Gummy vitamins and supplements have quickly become an increasingly popular way for adults and children alike to take their multivitamins. Chewable products may be easier for some to swallow than tablets or liquids and often taste more like candy than conventional medicines.
Gummies can also be an unsafe way of taking medicine; many gummy medicines contain iron that could harm young children in excess, and their appeal makes it easy for them to accidentally overdose on these medicines.
DrKids Children’s Pain and Fever Gummy Bites contain 80 mg of acetaminophen – the same active ingredient as found in Tylenol – which, when taken in excess, may lead to liver failure and death. Most overdoses of gummy vitamin pills tend to be mild and do not result in permanent harm; but in case your child consumes too many pills unknowingly, contact poison control immediately for immediate medical assistance.
