Rae70 wrote:
What I want to know as many people would - are these alternatives regulated, safe and successful?
Rae70......to answer your question, no, they are not regulated and there are no long term conclusive studies indicating that they are safe or successful.
Herbal supplements: How they're labeled and regulated
Thanks guys - blows another option out the window . What about homeopathy - how is their lotions and potions any different or are they not????You might want to talk to your pediatrician, my kids take a multivitamin that comes in a prescription form and its iron free. He feels ( as do I ) that at this point they don't need it , and kids usually get sufficient iron in their diet naturally.On this forum, I read a lot about alternatives for children, and I read a alot about people wanting to know results for their use. What I want to know as many people would - are these alternatives regulated, safe and successful?
I have heard of children swallowing iron tablets and dying. I have heard of vitamin companies being closed down because they are not regulated and their products have unequal ingrediants in their pills - causing harm.
This is why I avoid them now. I buy "childrens multi-vitamins" and still worry.