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  2. Nutrition and pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Iodine levels are frequently too low in pregnant women, and iodine is necessary for normal thyroid function and mental development of the fetus, even cretinism. Pregnant women should take prenatal vitamins containing iodine. [10] Vitamin D levels vary with exposure to sunlight. While it was assumed that supplementation was necessary only in ...

  3. Drugs in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Women should speak to their doctor or healthcare professional before starting or stopping any medications while pregnant. [1] Drugs taken in pregnancy including over-the counter-medications, prescription medications, nutritional supplements, recreational drugs, and illicit drugs may cause harm to the mother or the unborn child.

  4. Prenatal vitamin - Wikipedia

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    [2] Often prenatal vitamins also have a reduced dosage of vitamins that may be detrimental to the fetus when taken in high doses (such as vitamin A). [7] Many prenatal manufacturers have chosen to include the omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in their product, either as an ingredient in the formula or as a complementary softgel.

  5. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

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    DSHEA defines the term "dietary supplement" to mean a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more dietary ingredients, including a vitamin, a mineral, a herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by human to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake ...

  6. Is It Safe to Use Expired Vitamins? The Truth About Vitamin ...

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    Pregnant women and women trying to conceive should be taking prenatal vitamins. The most important reason is the folate supplementation,” says s Shanna Levine, M.D. , primary care physician ...

  7. Prenatal nutrition - Wikipedia

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    One explanation suggested for the paradox is the potential impact of nutritional enhancements during pregnancy and the first months and years of life that would positively influence the health of following generations: After the defeat in the Franco-German War, a nutrition program for pregnant women and small children with the aim of ...

  8. Multivitamin - Wikipedia

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    Some women may need to take iron, vitamin C, or calcium supplements during pregnancy, but only on the advice of a doctor. In the 1999–2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey , 52% of adults in the United States reported taking at least one dietary supplement in the last month and 35% reported regular use of multivitamin ...

  9. Pregnancy category - Wikipedia

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    To supplement this information, the FDA publishes additional rules regarding pregnancy and lactation labeling. [3] The FDA does not regulate labeling for all hazardous and non-hazardous substances. Many substances, including alcohol, are widely known to cause serious hazards to pregnant women and their fetuses, including fetal alcohol syndrome.