Vitamins for Kids

My most recent post on my other blog, AM Radio, was about vitamins, so I decided to make this one about vitamins, too. Specifically about Vitamin Angels, a U.S. nonnprofit, and some of its corporate sponsors.

Vitamin Angels is a California organization that has worldwide reach. They attempt to turn around the problem of childhood undernutrition and malnutrition around the world, with programs in Latin America, Asia and Africa. They do this by giving out Vitamin A and multivitamin supplements to millions of small children in these continents, and also to new and expecting mothers. Although it's not clear how great their reach is, their administrative expenses are low, and they had a goal of reaching 10 million kids last year.

The organization relies a lot on the contributions of the natural products industry, and I thought I'd share some of their significant sponsors with you, so you can feel good about buying from them. I didn't know all of them, but some of the ones I do know are:

Rainbow Light--a major vitamin company. Donated in the $100,000 to $200,000 range. Rainbow Light has great supplements--everything from men's and women's multis to protein powders. Their supplements are sensitively formulated to work with most people's bodies.

Nordic Naturals--the fish oil market leader. Donated in the $5,000 to $25,000 range. If you need a really good Omega 3, Nordic Naturals is the purest of the pure.

Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy--a Boulder-based natural pharmacy with locations all over the west. Donated in the $5,000 to $25,000 range. Unlike many health food stores, Pharmaca has certified nutritionists and homeopaths on staff, so you get more exact information on your allergies, colds, cholesterol, etc.

Organic India--with operations in India and Boulder. Donated in the $5,000 to $25,000 range. They sell Ayurvedic supplements and also have a line of holy basil tea, called Tulsi Tea, which is great.