How to Feed Your Child Enough Vitamin E

If your child's eating habits are erratic, as many children's are, it can be a challenge to feed her enough vitamin E. Use these ideas to make sure your child gets plenty.

Things You'll Need

• Canola Oil
• Nuts
• Peanut Butter
• Sweet Potatoes
• Wheat Germ

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Instructions

• 1

  Sprinkle wheat germ into your child's oatmeal or onto cold cereal. Each tablespoon has 2mg of vitamin E.

• 2

  Drop blueberries into your pancake batter. One-half cup of blueberries has 1.5mg vitamin E.

• 3

  Fix yet another PB&J! Peanut butter offers 1mg vitamin E per tablespoon.

• 4

  Add sunflower seeds to your muffin and quick-bread recipes. One-quarter cup has 7.5mg.

• 5

  Crunch on nuts like almonds, cashews, filberts or pumpkin seeds for snacks. Nuts have about 7mg vitamin E per 1/4 cup.

• 6

  Mash a sweet potato into plain mashed potatoes. Each sweet potato has 5mg.

• 7

  Dine on salmon with steamed broccoli on the side. Three ounces of salmon (about the size of a deck of cards) contains 1.3mg, and 1/2 cup of broccoli has nearly 1mg of vitamin E.

• 8

  Savor some creamy guacamole with baked tortilla chips. Avocados have 2 to 4 mg each.

• 9

  Use vitamin-E-rich cooking oils. Canola, safflower, corn, soy and sunflower oils have 6 to 8 mg vitamin E per tablespoon.