Americans spend almost a billion dollars each year on children’s dietary supplements: a category which, today, includes not just daily multivitamins but an increasingly exotic array of gummies aimed at promoting immunity, digestion, mood, and sleep. Liz and Jane unspool the history of our national obsession with vitamins with the science journalist and Vitamania author Catherine Price – then talk to pediatrician and educator Dr. Krupa Playforth, aka The Pediatrician Mom, to get to the bottom of which gummies your kids might actually need, and which they don’t. 

As promised, here’s where you can find out more about the third-party vitamin certifiers mentioned by Catherine and Krupa on the show:

https://www.usp.org/

https://www.nsf.org/

https://www.consumerlab.com/

To learn more about Catherine, sign up for her newsletter at CatherinePrice.com. You can also stay up-to-date on the latest parenting tips from Dr. Playforth at thepediatricianmom.com where you can also find her free download that reviews research on common immune supplements.

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