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If you sleep seven or eight hours and still ask yourself, "why am I always tired?" then sleep quantity may not be the whole story. Nutrient gaps such as iron, vitamin B12, vitamin D or magnesium are among the factors worth considering. Tiredness alone cannot tell you whether you have a deficiency. T...
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Kids
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Vitamin B6 needs for children by age, useful food sources, supplement safety and how 0.7 mg in Kid’s Multi compares with age-based g...
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Kids
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Vitamin B12 needs for children by age, food and vegan-diet considerations, plus how 2 µg in Kid’s Multi compares with age-based guid...
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Kids
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How much vitamin A do children need? See daily amounts by age, food sources, label units and how 220 µg in Kid’s Multi compares.
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Kids
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Daily vitamin E needs for children by age, plus food sources, label units and how the 7 mg in Kid’s Multi compares with age-based gu...
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Kids
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How much thiamin do children need by age? See the daily amounts, food sources and how the 0.7 mg of vitamin B1 in Kid’s Multi compares.
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Kids
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Niacin needs for children by age, what mg NE means, food sources and how the 9 mg NE in Kid’s Multi compares with age-based guidance.
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Kids
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Iodine needs for children by age, food and iodised-salt sources, thyroid safety and how 50 µg in Kid’s Multi compares.
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Kids
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Biotin needs for children by age, why the numbers are adequate intakes, food sources and how 15 µg in Kid’s Multi compares.
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Lifestyle
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If you eat a varied diet, have no restrictions, and live somewhere sunny, you probably don’t need a multivitamin. That is an odd th...
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Energy
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B vitamins help the body release and use energy from food, but they do not contain energy and are not stimulants. If intake is ade...
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Men
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Zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal testosterone levels in the blood. That is the exact authorised EU health claim,...
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Frank Active declares 32.9 g of sugars per 40 g serving. That is a substantial amount and should be visible, not hidden behind ...
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Skin, hair & nails
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Low iron stores can be associated with diffuse hair shedding, but a blood test is needed to find out whether iron is relevant...
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Gut health
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Fifty billion is not automatically better than three billion, and strain-specific trial doses explain why. Published studies us...
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Gut health
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A capsule is not automatically more scientific, and a gummy is not automatically equivalent. The question that decides it is wh...
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Gut health
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Some probiotics have credible human evidence for specific outcomes. That does not mean every strain, dose or product works for ...
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Gut health
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Bacillus subtilis is a spore-forming bacterium found in soil, fermented foods and the human gut, used in supplements because it...
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Kids
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Yes — vitamin gummies are safe for children when they’re age-appropriate, correctly dosed, and kept out of reach. The rea...
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Kids
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“Third-party tested” means an independent laboratory — not the company selling the product — has checked that what’s on the...
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Kids
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Most children need 400–600 IU (10–15 µg) of vitamin D per day. Infants under 12 months need about 400 IU (10 µg) daily, and c...
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Skin, hair & nails
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Biotin contributes to the maintenance of normal skin and hair, but evidence that extra biotin improves skin, hair or nails ...
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Skin, hair & nails
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The evidence is nutrient-specific: zinc contributes to the maintenance of normal skin, hair and nails; biotin contributes to ...
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Skin, hair & nails
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Hello, my name is Rūta Petraitytė. For the past eight years, I have been writing about women's health, nutrition and well-bei...
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Skin, hair & nails
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Hello. My name is Dr. Deimantė Rožėnaitė, and for the past 9 years I have been working with women struggling with hair loss. ...
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