Multivitamin for Teen Daughter

What does her Dr. recommend? I'd start there for a reference.

Everyone is different and what is perfect for one person may not be good for her.

Has she had blood work indicating she needs a multivitamin?

We've always like Flintstones Chewables.

Additional:
I just went to a bariatric surgery informational meeting.
They recommend that after surgery that you take a Flintstones Chewable twice per day.
It's ridiculous to say vitamins do nothing.
While it would be nice to get all of what you need from a well balanced diet - many people don't do what they need to do to balance their diet.
If your daughter isn't eating a good balance of proteins, veggies and salads (carbs are just glorified sugar one way or another) - then a multivitamin could plug some holes in her diet.
Something chewable is easier to digest and absorb.

Dear Sm,
i have 2 teen daughters.. i agree with some of the stuff other moms posted BUT first and foremost check with her pediatrician.
Good luck,
P

A family doctor friend of mine says this about multivitamins: They are really good at one thing - lightening your wallet. If you are not interested in that, skip them.

If your child has a specific problem that you think a vitamin or supplement can address, discuss it with the pediatrician and get a specific recommendation.

Is there a specific reason or issue you're concerned about? You can talk to the doctor, but remember that most have no background in nutritional support, so ask what the issue is to start with. Many doctors will tell you that most multi-vitamins are "expensive urine" because they have a low absorption rate and are therefore just excreted. Some will tell you to get your nutrients from food, but the AMA said many years ago that the US diets are insufficient for that (not just eating habits, but growing habits). I know it's hard, but ask your doctor how many courses in nutrition and supplementation he/she had in medical school. The answer is probably 0. Maybe 1 elective. The good ones will admit it.

I'm an educator in food science, and I can give you a few guidelines.
1) Standard multi-vitamins don't have enough ingredients to make them worthwhile.
2) Everyone needs absorbable supplements, and the body cannot utilize just this mineral or just that ingredient without some 70 other ingredients (vitamins, minerals, trace elements, phytonutrients, etc.). So something with 10 or 20 items is likely deficient. If your kid is low in Vitamin D, just taking Vitamin D doesn't alleviate the problem.
3) Pills are not absorbable. Google all the studies over the past 20 years on high pill content in sewage treatment and municipal water supplies, with pills stuck in filters often with the name of the product still visible. And these are not from people flushing their extras down the toilet, although there's some of that as well.
4) Gummies aren't a good idea - put them in a bowl of vinegar and you'll see how long it takes them to break down.
5) Anything with a warning label ("keep out of reach...") is not a good idea.
6) What's on the label isn't necessarily in the product. Whole Foods and GNC got in a whole bunch of trouble a few years back for selling stuff with less than, or zero, of the posted ingredients.
7) Patented products offer you a 2nd or 3rd level of testing about their contents.
8) Premixed liquids aren't as bad as pills in terms of absorption, but their potency can decrease during the time on the shelf.
9) A powder you mix in water (or juice or a smoothie) and consume fairly quickly is much more potent.
10) Our FDA is not very strict. Countries with very strong oversight include Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. That doesn't mean that you have to buy something from there, but a company that sells their product there has been through much more scrutiny. (Sometimes the product name is different but there is a way to figure out what the American version of that product is. Sometimes products are made here and shipped to those countries but the label has to change for various reasons. But very few American companies have their products acceptable in those nations, so one that does is highly regarded.)

check with the pedi first, my kids used to need iron in their multivitamins, but they no longer need it and their dr says dont give them vitamins since their diet are covering their nutritional needs.

We all need multivitamins, even when we think we are eating daily suggested portions of fruits, vegetables, nuts, etc daily. In recent years, scientist have discovered, many farmers are not necessarily replenishing the soil. They till the soil, replant, but do not replace nutrients our soil needs to produce healthy foods.

As many have said in responses here, vitamins you purchase in the marketplace are 'synthetic' and give no real benefit. If you google the absorption rate of a vitamin product, your will find very low in the teens and 20 percentile. 

Recently I was introduced to a company whose vitamins were tested in a lab in Germany and an American lab with almost the same result; a minimum of 85% absorption. If I miss taking the vitamin, I can tell the difference in my overall day. 

When one of my grandkids needed vitamins, I purchased the Koala Pals Chewable for children and asked my son to let me know if he could see a difference in my grandson. Within a week, he saw a remarkable difference In his son’s overall energy level.

So if the doctor says your daughter needs a multivitamin, I would follow his lead, but also make sure she eats healthy as well.

These vitamins are not found out in the marketplace and have to be purchased directly from the manufacturer.

Hi I have an almost 14 yr old son and I give him chewable vitamins every morning. I buy the generic of Centrum brand for teens. His pedi said he needed to take a multi and a probiotic. I do not know for sure how much of a vitamin is abdorbed and how much is pee'd out. Taking a vitamin not needed is not harmful.
Chewable( not gummy as those are not as potent as chewable or tablets) vitamins are better and easier to absorb just as something cut up into pieces is easier to eat. I had gastric bypass surgery and so absorption of food, vitamins, minerals is altered. I have to take a multi, b-12, magnesium, and prescription but D . Carbs are fuel if not simple carbs or simple sugars such as candy, white bread, white pasta,etc. You need carbs for energy, but need a balance of them with protein and fiber.