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Should I Take a Multi-Vitamin? Should I Take a Prenatal?

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From a young age, we start taking multivitamin chewables and gummies. Females wanting to conceive are encouraged to start taking prenatals.
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Most of us take these because we think they’ll improve our health. What if they don’t?
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Synthetic nutrients will never hold a candle to those found in nature, and often have questionable sources. Hear me out…
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THEY’RE SYNTHETIC & IN THE WRONG FORM.
▫️Synthetic Vitamin A feeds pathogens. If beta-Carotene is used, you still feed pathogens and you get 12X less Vitamin A (retinol).
▫️Synthetic Vitamin E is derived from petrochemicals.
▫️Almost all synthetic B Vitamins are processed by a single tar/chemical company, and made from coal tar and sewage sludge.
▫️60% of us cannot convert synthetic B9, folic acid, into folate (due to copper deficiency). Supplementing when you can’t convert it can actually increase fetal neural tube defects.
▫️Almost all synthetic Vitamin C comes from a facility that makes ascorbic acid from sulfuric acid and cornstarch. Ascorbic acid is just the outer shell of the Vitamin C COMPLEX. Ascorbic acid is a pro-oxidant and depletes your copper.
▫️Hormone D, cholecalciferol, is rat poison.
▫️Copper is in the +2, oxidized form.
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THEY HAVE TERRIBLE RATIOS & NUTRIENTS THAT SHOULDN’T BE SUPPLEMENTED.
▫️Some prenatals contain as much as 65 mg of iron! With our iron recycling system, we only need 1 mg a day. Iron feeds pathogens, can lead to anemia and depletes copper among many, many other issues.
▫️ Copper mobilizes iron at a high rate. You must have foundations in place to detox iron.
▫️Hormone-D supps can cause calcification, suppress Vitamin A and deplete magnesium, as well as potassium.
▫️Aside from the fact that D supps aren't a good idea, the ratio of D to A is usually too highly skewed towards D.
▫️Zinc competes with copper and supps can create copper-deficiency.
▫️There’s usually 2X as much calcium as magnesium - it should be flipped.
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Of course, we may need specific supplementation. But instead of relying on a multi or prenatal as a kind of blanket health insurance, create nutrition and foundations that will support your goals and long-term health.

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This is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare professional before pursuing any changes to your personal healthcare regime.

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