Vitamins for children: pros and cons Investigate supplementary and natural vitamins Present a number of examples of the personalized approach to the usage. - презентация

1 Vitamins for children: pros and cons Investigate supplementary and natural vitamins Present a number of examples of the personalized approach to the usage of vitamins in pediatrics Draw your attention to the balanced diet AIMS

2 Cross-sectional study of randomized population (>7000 children) Hypovitaminoses in children`s organisms (a Russian study)

3 Example: aim at folate RDA

4 Folic acid dihydrofolate tetrahydrofolate metilentetrahydrofolate methyltetrahydrofolate What is a vitamer? Folate vitamers

5 Products with the highest contents of the natural folates More than a half of the total folate content in the food is lost during thermal treatment during cooking. ProductFolates (μg/100g) Liver (raw)240 Parsley (fresh)110 Kidneys (raw)56 Lettuce (fresh)48 Bread from the coarse flour 25

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7 Pros & Cons Vitamins are absolutely required by the fundamental cellular biochemistry The problem of particular pharmacological forms. Proven effectiveness for the prophylaxis of avitaminoses (beri-beri, rickets) Danger of hypervitaminoses. Inaccurate dosagevitamins can damage your health Restitution of RDA– best prophylaxis of common diseases

8 Vitamins !? Vitamins are not drugs Vitamins are essential only if the child has hypovitaminosis Vitamin deficiencies are prevalent in pediatric populations Vitamins are the part of our everyday life