Choosing a Multivitamin: How Do I Know Which Vitamins to Take?

These days, there’s a vitamin supplement for everything. The most enthusiastic vitamin consumer could easily use up countless pill holders housing their stash: biotin for luscious hair and nails, fish oil to lower triglyceride levels, vitamin C to boost the immune system, etc., etc.   Luckily, there’s a better way to get all the goodness of vitamins with fewer pills to keep track of. Multivitamins pack the power of a whole slew of vitamins into one handy pill. But still, there are a lot to...

Most adults, whether through experience or hearsay, have learned that kids can be picky eaters. What’s less well known is how finicky teens can be. Worse yet, teens spend a great deal of time outside the home, and because of it find opportunities to eat a great many things that their parents can’t control. Some even have the means to buy their own “food” (we use the term loosely here). And with adulthood on the horizon, it’s more important than ever to teach them good habits.   The two...