This ultimate prenatal multivitamin contains 19 micronutrients essential for supporting your body before, during, and after pregnancy.
Vitamins and minerals recommended by OB-GYNs are provided by this fully organic vegetarian formula.
This essential multivitamin is powered exclusively by Fermented Organic Glycoprotein Matrix-Bound Nutrients-GPM™ produced from a nutrient-dense broth bio-transformed by yeast and probiotics. After fermentation, the results are highly active organic nutrients with superior bioavailability for easy digestion.*
BENEFITS
This unique formula was designed to support and nourish your body before, during, and after pregnancy. Prenatal Essential helps fill the nutritional gap between your diet and the levels recommended to support your body and your baby's healthy development throughout your pregnancy.
The most advanced ingredients are the source of OXOMIO products. The creation of Prenatal Essential begins with 19 essential micronutrients.
In each portion of Prenatal Essential:
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Glycoprotein matrix bound GPM™ vitamins and minerals are produced from a nutrient-dense broth that is cultured, converted, and bio-transformed by microorganisms (yeast and/or probiotics). After fermentation, the result is a highly active organic nutrient which has a superior bioavailability and can be easily digested, even without food.
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- Vitamin A 750 mcg: essential for morphological and functional development and for ocular integrity, vitamin A also exerts systemic effects on several fetal organs and on the fetal skeleton.
- Vitamin C 60 mg: antioxidant that boosts the immune system, during pregnancy it helps you and your baby make collagen for your tendons, bones, and skin.
- Vitamin D3 15 mcg: builds your fetus’s bones and teeth, helps promote healthy eyesight and skin.
- Vitamin E 19 mg: helps maintain healthy skin and eyes, and strengthen the body's natural defense against illness and infection.
- Vitamin B1 1.4 mg: involved in nervous system and muscle function and is essential for carbohydrate metabolism. Important for fetal growth and development, and production of ATP from glucose in the brain.
- Vitamin B2 1.6 mg: a key component of coenzymes involved in many metabolic pathways of carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism. Supports your baby's bone, muscle, and nerve development.
- Vitamin B3 18 mg: helps to convert nutrients into energy, create cholesterol and fats, create and repair DNA, and exert antioxidant effects.
- Vitamin B6 2 mg: helps the body to make antibodies, maintain normal nerve function, make hemoglobin, break down proteins and keep blood glucose in normal ranges.
- Folic acid 800 mcg: helps prevent birth defects of the brain and spine. Supports the general growth and development of the fetus and placenta.
- Vitamin B12 3 mcg: maintains nervous system and helps form red blood cells.
- Biotin 40 mcg: plays an important role in converting carbohydrates, fats and proteins into energy. It also helps your body’s cells function well.
- Pantothenic acid 7 mg: a precursor in the biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA), a chemical compound that helps enzymes to build and break down fatty acids as well as perform other metabolic functions.
- Iron 18 mg: your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein that helps carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. This iron is important to make more blood so it can carry oxygen to your baby.
- Iodine 150 mcg: used by the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormones that control many functions in the body including growth and development. You need iodine during pregnancy to help your baby’s nervous system develop.
- Zinc 9 mg: a major player in the creation of DNA, growth of cells, building proteins, healing damaged tissue, and supporting a healthy immune system.
- Selenium 70 mcg: an essential mineral for thyroid health, immune system function, and healthy brain activity.
- Copper 900 mcg: helps keep the blood vessels, nerves, immune system, and bones healthy. It also works with iron to help the body form red blood cells.
- Manganese 2 mg: a cofactor for many enzymes, through the action of these enzymes manganese helps the body form connective tissue, bones, blood clotting factors, and sex hormones.
- Chromium 45 mcg: a mineral important in the breakdown of fats and carbohydrates. It stimulates fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis. Chromium also aids in insulin action and glucose breakdown.
Good nutrition before, during, and after pregnancy is essential for a healthy mom and baby. During pregnancy, the growing baby gets all necessary nutrients from the mother. That is the reason why pregnant and breastfeeding women need more nutrients than other women. Nutrients are chemical compounds in food that are used by the body to function properly and maintain health. Micronutrients constitute essential vitamins and minerals that must be derived from the diet to sustain virtually all vital cellular and molecular functions. In pregnant women, micronutrient requirements increase more than the dietary energy requirements.
Adequate vitamin and mineral intake is important for the health of women of childbearing age, both for themselves and their infants. Deficiencies in some vitamins and minerals early in pregnancy can result in permanent damage to the fetus. Many women do not get the daily recommended intake of micronutrients through dietary means. The Institute of Medicine recommends multivitamins that contain iron, zinc, copper, folic acid, and vitamins D, C, B6, and B12.
The gut microbiome is a critical component of an individual's metabolism and overall health. Microbiota stimulate the immune system, break down potentially toxic food compounds and synthesize certain vitamins and amino acids. Researchers discover that a diet high in fermented foods boosts microbiome diversity and improves immune responses. The active ingredients in Prenatal Essential are fermented glycoprotein matrix-bound, GPM™ vitamins and minerals. These nutrients are made in a patented process from a nutrient-dense broth that is cultured, converted, and bio-transformed by yeast into an easily digested, highly active, natural food rich in the target nutrients.
WHAT ARE PRENATAL VITAMINS?
Prenatal vitamins are multivitamins for pregnant women or women who are trying to get pregnant. They have more of some nutrients that you need during pregnancy.
WHY SHOULD I TAKE A PRENATAL VITAMIN?
Vitamins and minerals play important roles in all of your body functions. Eating healthy foods and taking a prenatal vitamin every day should supply all the vitamins and minerals you need during pregnancy.
WHAT MAKES PRENATAL ESSENTIAL DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PRENATAL MULTIVITAMINS?
Prenatal Essential contains only GPM™ fermented vitamins and minerals. Nutrients bound to a food source are more bioavailable, the whole food nutrient matrix in our GPM™ fermented nutrients have a slow, sustained release and are gentle on the stomach.
WHEN SHOULD I START TAKING PRENATAL ESSENTIAL?
Research shows that it takes time to reach optimal nutrient levels for conception, and taking a prenatal vitamin at least three months before conception is ideal. The first 28 days of pregnancy are important in your baby’s neural development, so there’s really no such thing as “too soon” to start.
HOW IS PRENATAL ESSENTIAL DIFFERENT FROM MULTI ESSENTIAL FOR WOMEN?
Prenatal Essential is formulated specifically for the unique nutritional demands of pre-pregnancy and pregnancy. All nutrients are important, but folic acid, iron, vitamin D and iodine play a key role in your baby’s growth and development during pregnancy. Prenatal Essential provides 19 micronutrients that women need to maintain health and wellbeing.
AT WHAT TIME OF THE DAY SHOULD I TAKE PRENATAL ESSENTIAL?
Prenatal Essential can be taken at any time of day with or without food. We recommend taking it at the same time everyday so it easily becomes part of your daily routine.
CAN I TAKE PRENATAL ESSENTIAL WITH ANOTHER MULTIVITAMIN?
Avoid taking more than one multivitamin product at the same time unless your doctor tells you to. Taking similar vitamin products together can result in a vitamin overdose or serious side effects.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I MISS A DOSE?
Take Prenatal Essential as soon as you can, but skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next dose. Do not take higher doses of multivitamins than your doctor recommends.
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF prenatal ESSENTIAL?
There have been no reports of any serious side effects. Sensitive people could present gastrointestinal discomfort or an unpleasant taste in your mouth due to the fermented nutrients.
