Your Ultimate Guide To The Perfect Prenatal | #290

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Wellness Loud

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this video, we explore the essential nutrients for a healthy pregnancy. Learn about the importance of folic acid, iron, calcium, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, iodine, vitamin B12, zinc, and magnesium. These nutrients play crucial roles in preventing birth defects, supporting fetal development, maintaining the mother’s health, and reducing the risk of complications. Discover how prenatal vitamins provide a balanced combination of these nutrients to ensure a healthy pregnancy for both mother and baby. Show Notes: Introduction The importance of prenatal nutrition and a research-backed guide to prenatal vitamins. Reconsidering Recommendations Why you might reconsider the prenatal vitamin recommended by your doctor. Role of Prenatal Vitamins How prenatal vitamins impact fetal development. Balanced Diet & Key Nutrients The significance of a balanced diet and essential nutrients like folic acid, iron, calcium, vitamin D, and omega-3s. Vitamin D & Bone Health Vitamin D's role in immune support, bone health, and its connection to sunlight exposure. Iodine & Vitamin B12 Critical functions and food sources of iodine and vitamin B12 during pregnancy. Zinc & Magnesium Importance for fetal growth, development, and their health benefits. Prenatal Vitamins in Early Pregnancy The critical role in the first trimester and benefits of starting prenatals before conception. Issues with Prenatal Brands Common problems with prenatal vitamins, including nutrient profiles, bioavailability, heavy metals, and cost. B Vitamins & Folate/Folic Acid Importance of B vitamins, differences between folate and folic acid, and the MTHFR gene mutation. Product Review Criteria for the best prenatal vitamins, top brands, and those not meeting standards. Action Steps Taking action on the research, sharing knowledge, and supporting new and planning moms. === Thank you to our sponsors! Nuzest Go to https://nuzest-usa.com/drg and use code DRG for 20% off all products. AquaTru Go to https://aquatru.com and use code DRG for 20% off all products. === Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelf Hosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D. Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.4	A lot of you been waiting for this prenatal show and it is here. We did a lot of research. It took months upon months and now it's really important to understand that the nutrition we get when a woman is pregnant is so important. You want to have top-level nutrition to make sure your baby is fed and to Walmart, go to Walgreens, go to Target, whatever, hold up.
0:36.3	Take it easy, Doc.
0:37.3	The prenatal that your doctor may be recommending actually may be problematic.
0:42.8	So in today's episode, we're going to go over all of that.
0:46.0	We're going to go over the product review.
0:47.2	I'm going to give you the best in class,
0:48.8	which ones to really watch out for, which ones?
0:51.0	Hey, I wish they shared more stuff and were more transparent
0:54.2	and maybe we can use that but I'm gonna give you these three classes so you
0:57.6	understand hey if my prenatal is this I just been using it for a month I got to get
1:01.7	rid of it and go to a better one don't worry we got you covered so I just
1:05.0	I've been using it for a month. I gotta get rid of it and go deep into it, but first let's just talk about prenatal.
1:08.0	We have to understand this because it might be that in this review,
1:11.0	the prenatal that you wanted to find out about is not listed or another new one comes out
1:16.3	and everyone's talking about how it's so great and best bang for the buck but you
1:19.9	want to know how to look for it so I'm going to teach you what to look
1:21.7	for in prenatal is now, prenatal vitamins, they're
1:23.7	dietary supplements, they are formulated to meet the increased nutritional needs of women during pregnancy. Like I said, we got to make sure
1:30.9	you're eating for two now right and they're designed to
1:33.3	support the health of you to mom and the baby but the key aspects of
1:38.1	prenatal's are multiple ones there are key components in there that we really need to consider.
1:43.6	It's really important to understand we want to get a full balanced diet, right?
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