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Quite often, doctors are
reluctant to prescribe vitamins for any health condition.
So, why is it that they don't hesitate to prescribe
prenatal vitamins? Quite simply, pregnancy means that a
woman has to consume enough nutrients for two lives (more
if multiple births are expected).
If people in general don't
consume sufficient vitamins, it only makes sense that
women would have a huge deficit of nutrients if they were
to become pregnant. Not all prenatal vitamins are the
same. While a woman will need sufficient amounts of all
essential vitamins and minerals, the most important to a
baby are folic acid and calcium. Folic acid is a B vitamin
that is essential to prevent birth defects, especially
those of the spinal cord and brain. A pregnant woman needs
extra calcium so that the baby's teeth and bones can grow
healthy and strong. The additional supply of calcium
prevents the baby from the baby having to draw calcium
from the mother's bone.
Of course, every woman has
different needs. If you are a vegetarian, have a low
tolerance for certain foods, or are on a restricted diet
for health reasons, prenatal vitamins can provide you and
your baby the nutrients you need that would otherwise not
obtain. The exact vitamins you need is a determination
that your doctor will make. Some women neglect to take
prenatal vitamins and attempt to use a multivitamin
instead. This is not a good idea since multivitamins
rarely contain the additional nutrients that a woman needs
when she is pregnant.
Why
not check out our nutrition guide at
http://www.nutritional-supplement-guides.com/nut-ebook.html
and
also what supplement we personally use for our nutrition
needs at
http://www.nutritional-supplement-guides.com/what-we-use.html
John Gibb is the owner of
Nutrition guides,
a website offering free nutrition advice and a quality
nutrition book for newsletter subscribers.
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