PreFoundation™ Prenatal Multiple Vitamin & Mineral Formula

Provides highly bioavailable forms and clinical doses of essential vitamins and minerals for optimal prenatal health. Contains vitamins D3, K2 (menaquinone-7), and folate in the form of L-5-MTHF—key prenatal vitamins whose forms have been shown to be superior to those typically used in prenatal formulas. Provides citrate forms of key minerals, including magnesium, calcium, zinc, and copper, as well as 5'-phosphate forms of riboflavin and vitamin B6, and iron bisglycinate. PreFoundation provides a complete prenatal multivitamin/mineral, with optimal dosages and bioavailable forms of each nutrient. Vitamin D3 has been shown to restore vitamin D levels more effectively than vitamin D2, with higher maternal vitamin D levels linked to a lower risk of ADHD, and supplementation linked to a lower risk of childhood wheezing and higher birth weight/length. PreFoundation also provides L-5-MTHF, the bioactive form of folate, which bypasses the often-impaired enzymatic step required to activate folic acid. Consequently, pregnant women supplementing with L-5-MTHF have been shown to have higher red blood cell folate levels than those supplementing with folic acid. Better executive function has also been observed in children whose mothers supplemented with 5-MTHF during pregnancy. Potassium iodide is an essential source of iodine, which is often deficient in women but linked to children's cognitive development. Vitamin K2, in the form of menaquinone-7, is known to have a longer half-life than other forms of vitamin K and has been linked to greater osteocalcin carboxylation in children, which is essential for optimal bone health. PreFoundation also provides highly bioavailable forms of other vitamins and minerals essential for prenatal health, including the bioavailable citrate forms of calcium, magnesium, zinc, and copper, as well as the bisglycinate form of iron, which has been shown to be as effective during pregnancy as double the typically used iron dose. PreFoundation also provides superior forms of B vitamins, including vitamin B12 in the form of methylcobalamin, and the 5'-phosphate forms of riboflavin and vitamin B6.