The early years of a child's life provide the opportunity to lay the foundations for a healthy future. While growing every day, kids' bodies are undergoing miraculous changes to build strong bones, robust immunity, a strong nervous system, and active, healthy brains. 

Novomins range of kids' vitamin supplements provides a fantastic opportunity to incorporate vital vitamins and minerals into your child's diet whilst also instilling healthy habits that they will take with them into adulthood in a fun and easy way.

Novomins gummy vitamins provide:

• 13 Essential vitamins and minerals for growth and health
• Convenience and an easy option for on-the-go schedules
• A fantastic taste that kids look forward to
• Doctor-formulated gummies, specifically for children’s needs
• Vitamins with the highest quality ingredients
• Supporting dietary requirements that include vegetarian, vegan, and halal
• NON-GMO gummies
• An easy alternative to clunky pills, time-consuming powders, and water mixes 

We all need a wide variety of vitamins and minerals to stay healthy and feeling our best. With their speedy growth, it is especially important that children get the nutrients they need, before they need to use them. Just some of the vital vitamins and minerals that children need to take in are:

• Calcium: Absolutely essential for both growing strong bones, and keeping them healthy into old age, calcium is also responsible for many other processes in the body. 
• Vitamin B12: Vital for many parts of our health, but most notably, the creation of DNA  and the regulation of the size of our red blood cells. Good levels of B12 keep the very basics of our blood healthy, giving us energy whilst supporting our nervous system.  
• Vitamin D: Vitamin D is a common vitamin deficiency for children and adults. Recent estimates advise that sixteen percent of children are deficient in vitamin D across the UK. 
• Magnesium: An often unsung hero of nutrients, magnesium is responsible for many processes in the body, and is responsible for over 300 enzyme systems. While children are developing their nervous systems, it is essential that they have enough magnesium to perform all of the functions it is needed for. 
• Iron:  Vital for the creation of haemoglobin in the body, and therefore the creation of blood cells, a lack of iron can lead to anaemia.
• Fibre: Not a vitamin or a mineral, but always worth a mention for staying in the best of health. Fibre is vital for cleaning the gut, preventing constipation, and lowering risk of some cancers, heart disease, diabetes, and uncomfortable conditions like haemorrhoids. 

Children can become deficient in any of the vital vitamins and minerals they need for keeping a healthy body, but some are more common, due to dietary, geographical, and lifestyle issues that affect intake of certain nutrients. Some of the most common are:

• Iron Deficiency: When suffering from anaemia, children often become more tired, pale, breathless, become sick more often, and develop pica (a craving to eat or chew on non edible things). 

To prevent iron levels from getting too low, particularly in children with digestive diseases or dietary restrictions, children formulated iron supplements can help. With iron pills known to be particularly harsh on tummies, gummies are an excellent and well received alternative. 

• Vitamin D: In children, a lack of vitamin D can manifest over time as muscle aches and pains, particularly in the legs. It is also common to see growth or walking delays in children suffering from vitamin d deficiency, but often symptoms can be subtle. As so many adults and children are lacking this crucial vitamin in the UK, taking a daily gummy supplement can help prevent problems. 

Daily vitamin supplements can take some of the stress out of dealing with picky eaters and time deficient schedules. Sometimes even supplements can become an issue when your children are not on board. 

Creativity and thinking outside the box are sometimes required to make your kids vitamin time a seamless part of the day. To try and bring your kids on board with their vitamin regime:

• Educate them: Kids do love to learn. By teaching them exactly what their vitamin can do for them, you are telling them why to take it, not just that they should. 
• Make it a game: By giving it the old gold star or sticker prize action, many kids can be motivated to do a lot of things, including taking their supplements. 
• Fun colours are your friend: Kids love anything colourful. Take advantage by choosing vitamins in colours and shapes that they find appealing. 
• Mix them into food or smoothies - If using supplement powders, try mixing into foods, smoothies, or drinks for some hidden goodness. Switching to convenient gummies that are popular with kids can save this time consuming step.