Vitamin V A Guide to Introducing Variety Into Your Child's Diet (And Yours, Too!)

"Vitamin V" is a term author Natalie Okerson-Sparks, M.D. would love to see used in the everyday teachings of nutrition and health. As a family medicine practitioner, mother, and director of a teen health clinic, she sees firsthand the need to introduce more variety into the daily diets of children, adolescents and adults in an attempt to not only prevent illness and disease, but also to treat many chronic conditions. This book attempts to clarify for parents and caregivers not only the reasons WHY incorporating more variety in our and our children's diet is so important, but also real-life examples of HOW to do it. It contains helpful tips and suggestions for those at any point along the spectrum of nutritional experience, including What About chapters discussing topics frequently brought up during nutritional discussions, ranging from organic foods to probiotics to gluten to GMOs. It also offers advice to not only those who eat out often and prefer not to cook, but also those who make every meal from scratch; to those who are vegan and those who prefer to eat meat; to those who eat processed foods regularly and those who grow their own food. We all want to do what's best for our children and our families, and there is perhaps no greater impact than focusing on what they must do every day -- eat.