Smart Prenatal

This powerhouse vitamin is crucial for the development and maintenance of the brain, the lungs, the eyes and vision, and the intestinal tract. It’s also essential for a strong immune system. We use authentic vitamin A, not beta-carotene, which many people have trouble converting into functional vitamin A.

Vitamin C is well-known as a potent antioxidant. It protects the body against free radicals and other toxins. It’s also an essential cofactor for enzymes that make neurotransmitters, conduct detoxification and synthesize collagen for the gums, joints and other connective tissues of the body.

Traditionally known as the bone vitamin, vitamin D is essential for organ growth. The liver and kidneys convert vitamin D into a powerful hormone for the circulation and immune systems, brain, heart, and other organs. Superior to D2, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is called the “sunshine vitamin” because ultraviolet light stimulates the skin to make it. Vitamin D3 promotes healthy mood management and cognitive function.

This antioxidant vitamin is important protection for cell membranes, which are the most dynamic working parts of all our cells. This supplement provides the full spectrum of vitamin Es—alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol—that are present in a healthy diet. Vitamin E also helps to prevent free radicals from entering breast milk.

The most potent form of vitamin K is vitamin K2 as menaquinone-7 (MK-7). This vitamin activates proteins that support brain cell maturation, survival, and electrical conduction. Vitamin K2 promotes the coagulation mechanisms needed for healthy wound healing. It also helps ensure calcium will form hard deposits only in the bones, teeth and nails—not in the heart, blood vessels, brain and other soft tissues where they can cause harm.

Thiamin (vitamin B1) is essential for the brain and other organs to process proteins, carbs and fats. It is necessary for the body to make energy and metabolize amino acids and blood sugars. Thiamin can be depleted by high-sugar diets, alcohol and various prescription drugs. Even mild deficiency is linked to memory loss, confusion, irritability, and sleep problems.

Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is essential for your body’s energy production. It’s also needed for the body to properly process carbs, fats and amino acids. It helps to maintain DNA and gene structure, and is necessary to maintain glutathione, the body’s master antioxidant.

Niacinamide is a fully active form of vitamin B3 that bypasses the uncomfortable skin flush linked to the niacin form of B3. Niacinamide is centrally involved in the body’s generation of energy. This vitamin is easily depleted by excessive alcohol intake, smoking and some contraceptive medications. Deficiency of this vitamin can lead to memory loss, paranoia, aggression and mood problems.

Vitamin B6, as pyridoxine and pyridoxal-5-phosphate, is essential for at least 100 enzymes that help the brain make key neurotransmitters. It helps the body utilize carbohydrates, fats and amino acids derived from proteins. Vitamin B6 aids the conversion of potentially damaging homocysteine into useful antioxidants. It also promotes relaxation and healthy mood. This formula provides the two chemical forms of B6 that are most fully absorbed and utilized.

This formula contains folate as methylfolate (MTHF). The brain requires MTHF to make neurotransmitters, to produce the myelin insulation of nerve cells, and to make the sleep hormone melatonin. It also helps the liver and other organs recycle the metabolic product homocysteine, to prevent it from building up to toxic levels.

Vitamin B12 is essential for structural integrity of the brain and spinal cord. Higher levels of B12 are linked to better mood, behavior, personality and mental clarity. This formula supplies the methyl form of vitamin B12 (MeB12), rather than the commonly used cyano-cobalamin, which contains potentially harmful cyanide.

This B vitamin is vital for DNA structure and for healthy gene activity. Biotin is built into the structure of several enzymes that mitochondria use to make energy. Biotin is involved in gene regulation via epigenetics, a process necessary for the healthy development of the brain, skin, hair, nails and everything else in the body.

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is necessary for making energy. It is also essential for our brain to make amino acids, proteins and hormones, convert fats into useful fatty acids and build cell membranes. Deficiency of this vitamin is linked to the loss of electrical insulation (demyelination) of the nerve cells, which can thoroughly impair mental performance.

Calcium is necessary for building strong bones. It also works in close partnership with magnesium.

This mineral is essential for the thyroid gland to make thyroxine and related hormones, which regulate the development of the brain and other organs. It also helps set the pace for our metabolism and overall activity level.

Magnesium is an essential mineral for all the cells of the body and is fundamentally important for the electrical activity of the brain’s nerve cells and for the healthy functioning of their trillions of information connections (synapses). Known as “the relaxation mineral,” magnesium plays an important role in hydration, muscle relaxation, energy production, regulation of adrenaline and overall sleep quality. Magnesium promotes a calm, balanced and mentally focused demeanor.

This mineral is essential for some 100 enzymes and other proteins important for your life processes. Zinc promotes healthy development of the eyes, spinal cord, thymus gland, intestinal tract, brain and other organs. It is necessary for DNA structure, immunity, skin health, and hair renewal.

Selenium is required by at least 25 proteins and key enzymes that regulate gene activity, protein synthesis, cell-to-cell communication, muscle development and thyroid hormone production. It also includes the front-line antioxidant defense enzymes that protect the body against free radicals and other infection.

Manganese is required by antioxidant enzyme SOD2, which is critically positioned within the mitochondria to minimize their generation of free radicals. It helps the metabolism of cholesterol, carbohydrates and amino acids.

Chromium is essential for healthy blood sugar metabolism. It also supports healthy mood management.

This mineral helps your body detoxify itself by supporting at least five enzymes that neutralize toxic substances like sulfites and bisulfites. These, and other common environmental pollutants, are often sprayed onto foods and added into wines, vinegars and even medical products as preservatives.

As an electrolyte, this mineral is important for maintaining healthy charge balance in the blood and within our cells. It also works with sodium to help the mother maintain healthy blood pressure, which is crucial for a healthy pregnancy.

Choline is essential in the formation of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in mental function. Choline enhances focus, supports healthy memory, and promotes calm.

CoQ is fundamentally required for the mitochondria, which generate at least 90% of the energy produced in all your/your baby’s cells. CoQ is also a potent antioxidant that helps protect your/your baby’s tissues against free radicals. Sufficient CoQ status during pregnancy is associated with healthy birth outcome. Its levels in milk decline as lactation continues, making supplementation essential. Few prenatal supplements provide CoQ.

This antioxidant vitamin is important protection for cell membranes, which are the most dynamic working parts of all our cells. This supplement provides the full spectrum of vitamin Es—alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol—that are present in a healthy diet. Vitamin E also helps to prevent free radicals from entering breast milk.

Lutein is a nutrient essential for vision and eye health. It is concentrated in the retina, where it helps protect the light-sensing cells against damage from light energy. Lutein is a powerful antioxidant carotenoid. It is practically a vitamin since the body can’t make it and we must acquire it from food sources. It also has been found in the brain and likely also promotes brain function.

These two carotenoid nutrients are highly concentrated in the brain, where they facilitate key brain functions. Both are powerful antioxidants, which help to protect against free radicals. Adequate intake of lutein and zeaxanthin support healthy vision development and can help to improve memory.

This mineral supports healthy brain function, as well as the utilization and conservation of vitamin D, calcium and magnesium. Boron is necessary for healthy bones and joints.