If you have a child who eats 3 - 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day, consider yourself lucky because you are among a tiny minority. While it is a goal we all should strive for to achieve better health, according to almost every nutrition and medical expert, it’s not always easy for even the most conscientious of us to eat the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables.
That’s one reason that it’s a good idea to consider a fruit and vegetable supplement such as Voots (www.eatyourvoots.com). Voots are delicious fruity tasting supplements that are made from extracts of fruits and vegetables and have the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (no, I didn’t make that up, it’s a real measurement of antioxidents) of 3 servings of fruits and vegetables.
While they don’t have much fiber and aren’t as healthy as the real thing, if your child’s diet is sorely lacking in fruits and vegetables, it may be a good idea to try a kid friendly fruit and vegetable supplement such as Voots (but beware, there are a lot of sham products out there).
Another thing I like about this company is that all of the fruits and vegetables used to make the supplements are grown in the USA on a family-owned farm without pesticides or other chemicals. On the other hand, they aren’t cheap–it would cost more than $20 per month per child if you plan to give them to your kids daily. But, we know that quality often costs money, and unhealthy habits have much greater costs.
Now that we’ve finished our trial box of voots, we’re ready for a refill, but I’ll probably dole them out to our kids on those days when their diet is subpar (like yesterday, for example, when the kids had ice cream for lunch and burgers and fries for dinner!).