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Multivitamins for Pregnant Women Close

"Eating for two" is a popular saying when someone is pregnant. It is not necessary, but the body naturally requires something extra.

Healthy eating is therefore particularly important in this period. If you do this you will in principle be sufficient vitamins and minerals. Exceptions are vitamin D and folic acid.

Pregnant women have 10 micrograms of vitamin D per day, while about 3 micrograms daily via the diet. Vitamin D is needed to properly take calcium from food. Calcium provides the building and maintaining a strong skeleton.

The need for folate is increased during pregnancy. Research has shown that a deficiency of folic acid in the first weeks of pregnancy (when the pregnancy is often not yet been determined) the risk of spina bifida (spina bifida) in babies increases. This is a congenital defect where the spine or the skull is not fully closed.

Vitamin A plays an important role in growth and a good supply of vitamin A during pregnancy is therefore of great importance. The recommendation for vitamin A during pregnancy increased from 800 to 1,000 micrograms per day.

An excessively high intake of vitamin A in early pregnancy can damage the fruit in susceptible women. Because large amounts of liver vitamin A may contain the Health recommends pregnant women to eat liver. For example, if 100 grams of liver 11,000 micrograms of vitamin A, well above the safe limit of 3000 micrograms per day. Moderate consumption of liver products during pregnancy does not problematic, provided it is not combined with a multivitamin supplement containing vitamin A. A slice of liver pate contains 350 micrograms of vitamin A.

Possibly because of vitamin A warnings for pregnant women often do not get the recommended daily allowance of 1000 micrograms of vitamin A per day. The Food Consumption Survey 1998 shows that the average intake during pregnancy 829 micrograms of vitamin A per day. Also, a deficiency may be harmful: Vitamin A is essential for the proper development of the fetus. It is important not to be careful with the intake of vitamin A.

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