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This Is The Best Secret Ingredient For A Picky Eater’s Diet

by Team Scary Mommy
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If you’ve ever dealt with a picky eater, you know it’s a capital-c Challenge. And even kids who aren’t typically picky can go through a “can’t stop, won’t stop” refusing to eat that healthy food you’ve prepared.

As moms, we know that as much as we try to encourage healthy eating, there are going to be times in every kid’s life when they’re just not having it. In a perfect world a balanced diet rich in fiber allows for the kind of optimized gut health overflowing with stickers on the “healthy tummy” chart. But our lives are a bit more complicated and full of french fries. It turns out that the gut health of our kids, just like their parents, depends on plenty of good bacteria to support healthy digestion.

So What Can You Do?

In addition to encouraging our children to eat the rainbow and continuing to introduce (and reintroduce) healthy foods, there are things you can do to help make sure your kid’s digestive system is functioning at its best. Because it turns out gut health is pretty important.

We have a much better understanding of the importance of gut health than we used to. We know that keeping that essential gut microbiome in good working order is key to maintaining a healthy digestive system.

One way to boost that microbiome is with probiotic supplements. Probiotics are live microorganisms that provide a health benefit. They help build the body’s digestive health. Probiotic supplements add to the good bacteria already in our digestive systems. Gummy probiotics can give kids the good bacteria they need in a kid-friendly form.

TL;DR: Probiotic Gummies Are The Secret

Moms, meet Align Kids Probiotic Supplement Gummies. They’re the answer you’ve been looking for as the parent of a picky eater. They taste great, even for the most squeamish kids over four years old.

Let’s be honest: kids love gummies. (For what it’s worth: we do, too.) Align Kids Probiotic Gummies are delicious and naturally flavored. Each of these fruit-flavored wonders contains less than 1g of sugar per serving (one daily gummy).

Align Gummies support kids’ digestive health in two ways: a prebiotic, Inulin, to help nourish existing good bacteria and a probiotic, Bacillus Coagulans LactoSpore® that adds more good bacteria to their digestive system*. Plus, Align has been the #1 doctor-recommended probiotic brand‡ 8 years in a row.

We see you. We see the effort you put in to raising healthy eaters. Keep doing what you’re doing. And add some good bacteria to their diets. When you’ve got a supplement they’ll eat enthusiastically, that’s one less struggle. Yes, please!

Align Kids Probiotic Gummies help moms add good bacteria to their children’s diets – and it just so happens, they’re delicious too. Learn more at AlignProbiotics.com.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

‡Among Doctors who recommended a brand of probiotic in ProVoice 2013-2020 surveys.

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