Natural Grocers® Supplement Guide

The journey of motherhood is truly a hero’s journey, requiring adequate nutrition and healthy habits to feel your best along the way and support your growing child. Yet, in our modern world, having your pre- and postnatal needs met through diet alone is more challenging than ever. Although each of us experiences unique nutritional demands while growing tiny humans, here are suggestions of supplements vital for supporting every mother throughout the most awe-inspiring quest of creating life. PRENATAL & POSTNATAL

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Prenatal Multivitamin. When growing a tiny life inside you, a comprehensive prenatal multivitamin is fundamental. Look for a formula that provides a wide range of vitamins and minerals necessary to support a healthy pregnancy, including methylated B vitamins and folate, for increased bioavailability. New Chapter ® Perfect Postnatal Multivitamin. Focused on your unique nutritional requirements as a new mom, this formula contains an optimal range of vitamins, minerals, and targeted nutrients chosen to support you while breastfeeding and with the extra demands on energy and mood. DHA. This omega-3 essential fatty acid is indeed essential for supporting a healthy pregnancy and postnatal journey for you and your baby! It’s critical for brain and heart health, supports fertility, reproductive health, and a healthy mood, and is a building block for tiny developing brains. Easy Iron. This mineral is needed to form red blood cells, which carry oxygen to muscles and tissues and are necessary for energy production. Iron requirements are significantly increased during pregnancy, and maintaining adequate levels supports the health of both mom and baby. Choose one labeled “Easy Iron” for a gentle-on-the

stomach, non-constipating, bioavailable form of this vital mineral. Natural Grocers ® Brand Calcium Citrate. You probably think of your bones and teeth when you think of calcium, and it’s needed to support both, but did you know this mineral is also necessary for nerve transmission, muscle function, and cardiovascular and intestinal health? With the extra nutritional demands of a growing fetus, calcium supplementation is critical for supporting a healthy pregnancy. Natural Grocers Brand Methyl Folate. Adequate levels of this B vitamin are critical for women in their reproductive years because it helps form the neural tube as it develops during early pregnancy. Consequently, public health authorities recommend that women consume 400 mcg of folic acid while pregnant to reduce the risk of neural tube defects. Methyl folate is a biologically active form of folate that has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier, unlike ordinary folic acid. Natural Grocers Brand Co-enzyme B Complex. Be extra supportive of your best self after the baby has arrived with a B-complex. This comprehensive formula, delivering B vitamins in a more bioavailable form, can help support the production of brain chemicals that promote a positive mood and sense of resilience even when your nerves are frayed and stress levels are high. They also help sustain healthy energy production and support you when combating post-baby brain fog.

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