Vitamin E helps your body to repair itself, including repairing the damage done by free radicals, and damage to your DNA. It’s vital to numerous metabolic processes, and it’s worth ensuring that your child is getting enough from his or her diet for this reason.
Even though the vitamin E requirements of children aged one to three is just six milligrams, and children aged four to eight need just seven milligrams, many children still don’t get enough from their diet alone. Aim for the recommended allowance as an average over a few days or a week, if your child does not get enough on one particular day.
Nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables are some of the best sources of vitamin E, and among those, the best sources are:
Almonds or almond butter
Wheat germ oil
Sunflower seeds and sunflower seed products
Peanuts and peanut butter
Vegetable oils
Spinach and broccoli
Mango and kiwi fruit
Since most children don’t get enough vitamin E, it’s unlikely that your child will suffer any ill effects from too much, but it’s worth noting that vitamin E is an anticoagulant, and can cause problems with bleeding if taken in too great a quantity
Even though the vitamin E requirements of children aged one to three is just six milligrams, and children aged four to eight need just seven milligrams, many children still don’t get enough from their diet alone. Aim for the recommended allowance as an average over a few days or a week, if your child does not get enough on one particular day.
Nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables are some of the best sources of vitamin E, and among those, the best sources are:
Almonds or almond butter
Wheat germ oil
Sunflower seeds and sunflower seed products
Peanuts and peanut butter
Vegetable oils
Spinach and broccoli
Mango and kiwi fruit
Since most children don’t get enough vitamin E, it’s unlikely that your child will suffer any ill effects from too much, but it’s worth noting that vitamin E is an anticoagulant, and can cause problems with bleeding if taken in too great a quantity
