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NOW Prenatal Caps

via Prenatal Vitamin by Cristina on 8/16/10

NOW Prenatal Caps

It has been said that every woman of child bearing age needs to be taking a prenatal vitamin that can give all the nutrition they need as well as what their baby would need if they were to get pregnant.  One of the better options is NOW Prenatal Caps.  Why is this such a good option?  Well, there are several reasons that we are impressed with NOW Prenatal Caps.

The first of these is that they have included the full and required amounts of iron and folic acid and then gone above and beyond.  By including enough iron NOW Prenatal Caps can prevent you from becoming anemic which could leave you feeling tired all the time.  Furthermore, when you don’t have enough iron you risk delivering your baby pre-term or at a low birth weight.  We all know how important folic acid is during pregnancy.  When you don’t have enough folic acid your baby could be more likely to develop neural tube defects.  But even when there has been enough folic acid included in your diet it can only prevent birth defects by about 70%.  After that, you need inositol to prevent further defects which NOW Prenatal Caps has included.

Very few prenatal vitamins have included adequate amounts of calcium.  In fact, some have only 7.5% of the recommended value and with that little amount what’s the point of even including it?  But NOW Prenatal Caps has included 100% of the recommended value of calcium to give your baby everything that is needed for healthy development.

Key Nutrients

Vitamin A , Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Iron, Iodine, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Chromium Picolinate, Molybdenum, Potassium, Choline, Inositol, PABA, Vanadium

NOW Prenatal Caps Safety

The most concerning aspect of NOW Prenatal Caps is that they have included way too much Vitamin A.  There is no need to include 200% of the RDA of vitamin A and it can be dangerous to the development of your baby.  Sometimes when more than 10,000 IUs of vitamin A are included in a prenatal vitamin it causes birth defects instead of preventing them.

There are not preservatives included in NOW Prenatal Caps and is gluten free so if you are following a gluten free diet this could be a good option for you.  Very few people have experienced problems while using NOW Prenatal Caps.

NOW Prenatal Caps Pros

• 100% of calcium, iron, and folate
• Has inositol and choline
• Not very expensive
• No preservatives

NOW Prenatal Caps Cons

• High amounts of vitamin A
• Not many high quality ingredients like probiotics
• Causes nausea in some women

Should You Use NOW Prenatal Caps?

NOW Prenatal Caps may not have everything needed to be considered the top prenatal vitamin but it comes so close to having everything you need and it’s so inexpensive that it’s certainly not a bad choice.  You could add a product with DHA if you wanted to get more benefits but other than that NOW Prenatal Caps can help meet your nutritional needs even when you are not pregnant.

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