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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, multivitamins are a scam. If bloodwork shows a deficiency, you treat that issue. Otherwise you're just making expensive urine.

Healthy varied diet covers all needs. [/quote]

My kid is 8 and we have never once done bloodwork. Is this routine? [/quote]

It was required when my kid started school in DC, to check for lead.

But that's great that you've never had an issue that would require bloodwork! If your kid had a health problem, the doctor would have recommended it, and it [i]might[/i] turn up a deficiency that you [i]might[/i] treat with a [b]specific [/b]vitamin/ mineral. Typical kids do not need a multivitamin, unless their parents let them subsist on a diet of chicken nuggets or something. [/quote]

I feel like this is going in circles though- most kids do not have bloodwork unless there was an obvious issue, so how would you know if there's a specificdeficiency?  My nephew was found to be anemic when testing for lead- they would never have known otherwise.  I actually asked my ped about testing for iron deficieny after this because DD is not a big meat eater and ped said there was no need because DD eats eggs and black beans occasionally.  If it's not something peds will test for seems safrer just to give a multiviatmin to fill any gaps.[/quote]

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