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Many pregnant women aren’t getting enough vitamins and minerals, new research claims. Adding insult to injury, expectant moms consume an excessive amount of sodium.appears in a recent addition of JAMA Network Open, and researchers looked at the dietary intake data of 1,000 pregnant women in the US. They found many of the participants didn’t consume enough of vitamins A, C, D, E, K and B6, as well as folate, choline and minerals iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium and zinc.
Traditionally during pregnancy, women will take additional nutritional supplements, including prenatal vitamins. In the study, almost 70 percent of pregnant women took a dietary supplement, primarily prenatal vitamins. “It appears that supplements may be necessary for most pregnant women to meet nutrient recommendations,”
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