Beware! excessive amounts of vitamin A not good for children.

Children should not be given excessive amounts of multivitamins, according to medical professionals, as this might cause liver damage and other health issues.

They claim that providing kids too much vitamin A can have an impact on the brain and cause seizures.

They pointed out that proper and healthy nutrition, not dietary supplements, is what kids need to develop and flourish.

According to the Mayo Clinic, using large amounts of vitamin A pills may harm the liver.

The risk of liver disease may rise if high dosages of vitamin A supplements are taken with other medications that can harm the liver.

"Excess vitamin A during pregnancy has been related to birth abnormalities, and too much vitamin A can be dangerous," it continued.

In their conversations, doctors advise parents to regard their children as human beings rather than as sickness entities.

Olugbenga Mokuolu, a pediatrics professor at the Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, told our reporter that youngsters do not require regular nutritional supplements unless they have a specific deficiency.

Parents should not feed their children multivitamins to increase their appetite, according to Mokuolu, a consultant pediatrician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.

"Generally speaking, vitamins are harmless," the pediatrician clarified. You can take vitamins for what they are, like I mentioned. They are highly helpful, important for body growth, and aid in the regulation of aberrant products during bodily reactions.

As a kind of medication, vitamins come in a variety of them with different consequences.

“So, when you say vitamins, you are not just referring to one drug. So, you have vitamin A, you have what is called vitamin B complex which has several subsidiaries under it, you have vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E and then you have vitamin K. So, there are different classes of vitamins.

” Anything for instance that has vitamin A, you want to ensure that it is not taken in excess. It can affect the brain and it can make a child convulse when taking in excess quantities.’

Although the majority of vitamin supplements on the market are vitamin B and not A, the study pointed out that when dietary supplements are taken for the wrong reasons, their value is negated.

Fortunately, the majority of vitamin products on the market fall into the vitamin B category, which is why we have not been keeping track of the effects of the amount of use that people have put them through.

We are grateful that some of the compounds are safe, but not all of them are. They can start to cause issues for certain newborns when administered in excess.

With all of these things, we should exercise caution. Babies are not an illness; they are human. Humans are people, period. Correct feeding is what they require. Some of these dietary supplements have ingredients that, depending on how they function in the body, are quite beneficial in small amounts.

"However, they are not necessarily increasing that utility if you start giving them as supplements," he stated.

He asserts that children only require proper nourishment and do not require all those extras.

He restated, "A balanced diet and proper nutrients are what kids need."

"A homemade diet should be provided to children. Certain foods include green, white, red, and oily if you are feeding your child a homemade diet. Give your child this mixture in any dish they eat. Children do not require regular nutritional supplements unless they have a specific deficiency.

The child health specialist went on to say that it was a wrong perception that multivitamins improve appetite.

"Mothers must realize that children are human beings with behavior," he stated.

They can be effectively convinced if their behavior and preferences are known. An excellent appetizer is hunger.

Multivitamins are typically safe because they are multivitamins, however there are several reasons why they should be used as such.

"It is not the right cause if it is for hunger. When a youngster is ill, they must receive medical attention; once they are well, their appetite will return.

"A child who is playful and vigorous but refuses a certain food item cannot be made to like it by giving it multivitamins."

"Drugs should be used for the proper reason," Mokuolu continued.

"A newborn is not a sickness. Humans are not sustained by pharmaceuticals; rather, they are sustained by wholesome food, clean air, and constructive activities.

"In certain cases, such as preterm, certain babies may require assistance—vitamin supplements," he stated.

Additionally, Beatrice Ogunba, a professor of public health nutrition at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, advised parents against feeding their kids surgical foods.

According to the dietitian, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization have designated some foods and drinks as unsafe to consume during supplemental feeding.

According to Prof. Ogunba, complementary feeding begins when breast milk is no longer enough to cover an infant's nutritional needs; after that, other meals and beverages are required, along with breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of the baby.

“These are sweet beverage consumption, unhealthy food consumption, and zero vegetable or fruit consumption.” The WHO states that after six months of age, it becomes more difficult for breastfed infants to meet their nutritional needs from human milk alone. “The sweet beverage consumption includes commercially produced and packaged, sweetened beverages, 100% fruit juice as well as fruit-flavored drinks, and homemade drinks of any kind to which sweeteners have been added,” she said.