WHY FORMULA MILK AND VITAMINS AREN'T NECESSARY


If you want to make your child good at Math,    or at memorizing, or at singing and dancing, or if you want to make him the most talented, give him follow-up milk. 

If you want your child to be the tallest, the healthiest and the smartest  kid in town, give him vitamins.

If your child turned one year old, choose the best grown-up milk and vitamins.

That's what we see and learn from tv commercials and advertisements. Very convincing. Since we, as parents, only want what's best for our kids, we easily fall into their trap. Plus the fact that we live in a society where vitamins and toddler milk seem to be the healthiest options for children and the greatest advice one can give to a first time mom. 

Tapos nagtatanong tayo kung anong sikreto ng mga Lolo at Lola natin kung bakit malakas at masigla pa din sila kahit matanda na. Nagtataka din tayo kung bakit madaming nauusong sakit ngayon na hindi naman halos kilala noon. Bakit nga ba? We always hear it's because of our lifestyle, which is true. Uso na ba ang formula milk noon? May vitamins na ba ang karamihan ng mga tao noon? Hindi pa di ba? But they survived. They were even healthy. 

Kaya din nating gawin 'yun with our little ones. Let's research and read more about the pros and cons of whatever we give to them. Let's not just base on what the society tells us. Everything must be supported with facts.

This post won't educate you on why follow-up milk and vitamins are not necessary. This is to encourage you to make your own research. 

Take everything into consideration. Open your mind to every point of view. Do your own researches. Then, make your own INFORMED CHOICE. 

Change your perspective, too. Tell yourself, Nanay, na hindi lahat ng nasa TV ay healthy. Hindi lahat ng nasa supermarket ay tamang bilhin. Hindi lahat ng mukhang healthy na kainin o inumin ay totoo. 

Alin ba ang mas okay sa dalawa: Yung batang okay lang na di masyadong kumakain basta umiinom ng gatas at vitamins or yung batang hindi umiinom at nagvivitamins dahil maganang kumain ng masusustansiyang pagkain? 

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