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• Better Brains in a Juice Box

  Nestle recently launched two new types of juices in their Juicy Juice brand, one intended to boost brain power and the other to boost immunities.  Juicy Juice Brain Development contains 16mg of DHA, the famous Omega-3 fatty acid found in fish and essential for brain development in children under 2 years old.  Juicy Juice Immunity contains prebiotic fiber, vitamin C and zinc. Both juices are diluted with 30 percent water for, as the company press release says, "lower calories and sugar." This is a break from Juicy Juice's "100 Percent Juice for 100 Percent Kid," line.  Now, the question: does adding DHA that has been extracted from tuna fish oil to grape and apple drinks actually make your kid smarter?   Read More... Posted Apr 29 2009, 02:32 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: food, juice, juice boxes, DHA, probiotics, prebiotic fiber, nestle, juicy juice

• Dr. Greene's Vitamins one way to get extra D

  One easy way to get the now-doctor-recommended dosage of 400 IUs of Vitamin D per day is to take one of the new Twinlab DrGreene nutritional supplements. I've been giving them to my kids and despite the fact that the tablets are larger than the Flinstones/Spider-Man/High School Musical variety (that last one I made up – I hope), they take them without protest. Dr. Greene, an author and pediatrician, included the higher dosage of D before the new guidelines came out, for what it's worth. Read More... Posted Oct 21 2008, 09:15 AM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, health, pregnancy, toddler, baby, nutrition, mom, babies, fathers, mothers, toddlers, vitamin D, Dr. Greene, Brett Singer, pre-teen, vitamins, vitamin, supplements, DHA, omega 3, twinlab