AnteVit-DHA- Best Prenatal Vitamin

Best prenatal Vitamin-AnteVit-DHA

               

AnteVit-DHA Is the specially designed antenatal multivitamin tablets that contain all the essential nutrients in right proportion to support the pregnant mother and the growing baby.

              During pregnancy your baby gets all the nutrients she needs from you. So you may need more during pregnancy than you did before. Taking prenatal vitamins and eating healthy foods can help give you all the nutrients for you and your baby's need during pregnancy. Make sure your prenatal vitamin has DHA, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iodine, folic acid and iron.

What are antenatal vitamins?

Antenatal vitamins are multivitamins made just for pregnant women. Compared to a regular multivitamin, they have more of some nutrients that you need during pregnancy. Your health care provider may prescribe a prenatal vitamin for you at your first antenatal care checkup. Take a antenatal vitamin every day during pregnancy. If you're planning to get pregnant, you can start taking antenatal vitamins before you get pregnant.

Your body uses vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in food to help it stay strong and healthy. During pregnancy, your growing baby gets all the nutrients she needs from you. So you may need more during pregnancy than you did before. Your antenatal vitamin contains the right amount of nutrients you need during pregnancy.

Which nutrients are most important duringpregnancy?

All nutrients are important, but these six play a key role in your baby’s growth and development during pregnancy:

DHA

Calcium

Vitamin D

Iodine 

Folic acid

Iron

What is DHA?

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 fatty acid that is a primary structural component of the human brain, cerebral cortex, skin, and retina. It can be synthesized from alpha-linolenic acid or obtained directly from maternal milk (breast milk), fish oil, or algae. DHA is also commercially manufactured from microalgae. DHA manufactured using microalgae is vegetarian. DHA in breast milk is important for the developing infant.

           DHA is the most abundant omega-3 fatty acid in the brain and retina. DHA comprises 40% of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the brain and 60% of the PUFAs in the retina. Fifty percent of the weight of a neuron's plasma membrane is composed of DHA.

          A working group from the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids recommended 300 mg/day of DHA for pregnant and lactating women, whereas the average consumption was between 45 mg and 115 mg per day of the women in the study.

   

          Taking 600 mg of DHA daily during pregnancy could significantly reduce your risk of early preterm birth.

           Increasing DHA intake may help reduce & may help counteract symptoms of conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease.

           DHA is important for a baby’s brain and visual development. A mom’s DHA is passed to her infant during pregnancy — especially during the third trimester — as well as through breast milk.

 What is calcium?

Calcium is a mineral that helps your baby’s bones, teeth, heart, muscles and nerves develop. During pregnancy, you need 1,000 milligrams of calcium each day. You can get this amount by taking your prenatal vitamin and eating food that has a lot of calcium in it. Good sources of calcium include: 

If you don’t get enough calcium during pregnancy, your body takes it from your bones and gives it to your baby. This can cause health conditions, like osteoporosis, later in life. In this condition, your bones become thin and break easily. 

What is vitamin D?

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. It also helps your body’s nerves, muscles and immune system work. Your immune system protects your body from infection. Your baby needs vitamin D to help his bones and teeth grow. 

During pregnancy, you need 600 IU (international units) of vitamin D each day. You can get this amount from food or your prenatal vitamin.

What is iodine? 

Iodine is a mineral your body needs to make thyroid hormones. The thyroid is a gland in your neck that makes hormones that help your body use and store energy from food. You need iodine during pregnancy to help your baby’s brain and nervous system develop. The nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves) helps your baby move, think and feel.

During pregnancy, you need 150 micrograms of iodine every day. Not all prenatal vitamins contain iodine, so make sure you eat foods that have iodine in them.

What is folic acid?

Folic acid is a B vitamin that every cell in your body needs for healthy growth and development. Taking folic acid before and during early pregnancy can help prevent birth defects of the brain and spine called neural tube defects as well as cleft lip and palate. 

To help prevent neural tube defects, take a vitamin supplement with 400 mcg of folic acid in it every day at least 1 month before pregnancy through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

What is iron?

Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein that helps carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. You need twice as much iron during pregnancy than you did before pregnancy. When you’re pregnant, your body needs this iron to make more blood so it can carry oxygen to your baby. Your baby needs iron to make his own blood. During pregnancy you need 27 milligrams of iron each day.

If you don’t get enough iron during pregnancy, you may be more likely to: Get infections, have anemia, fatigued, premature baby or have a low-birthweight baby.