| If you are not eating a healthy diet, the first thing | | | | of thirty five until menopause need 1,000 mg of |
| you need to do is make necessary improvements | | | | calcium every day. 1,500 mg per day is needed |
| for your nutritional needs. Women can also benefit | | | | after menopause. Women who take estrogen |
| from taking a good multivitamin with iron. Many | | | | after menopause only need 1,000 mg per day |
| women of reproductive age are slightly anemic, | | | | because of the effects of estrogen on their |
| meaning they have a lower red blood count than | | | | bodies they will not require the extra calcium. |
| they should because of their menstrual cycle | | | | The Journal of the American Medical Association |
| every month. This can cause a loss of iron every | | | | revealed that taking prenatal vitamins for six |
| month. | | | | weeks or longer before getting pregnant offered |
| Women can have a higher blood count when they | | | | some protection against neural tube defects in the |
| replace loss of iron by taking a multivitamin | | | | baby. The key element seems to be folic acid. |
| supplement with iron. Another benefit from taking | | | | Most obstetricians agree it is good for women |
| such a supplement it can also cause them to have | | | | who are planning to become or are pregnant to |
| less tiredness and more energy. | | | | take prenatal vitamins. They find women benefit |
| Women who have tender breast can find a | | | | from the additional calcium, folic acid and extra |
| vitamin E supplement helpful. Women have found | | | | iron during pregnancy. Over the counter prenatal |
| taking up to 1,000 IU (international units) per day | | | | vitamin supplements work fine. |
| have relief with this problem. But taking this much | | | | Excessive amounts of vitamins should not be |
| of the vitamin some women have found side | | | | taken. Excessive doses of vitamins A, D, E, and K |
| effects such as becoming irritable, bloated, or | | | | should be especially avoided. This can be harmful. |
| having oily skin. Women who have reduced their | | | | Disease may result if the vitamins are absorbed in |
| intake to 400 IU find they still find relief from | | | | the body's fat and accumulated in large amounts. |
| breast discomfort without the side effects. | | | | Women who will benefit from taking vitamin |
| Women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome | | | | supplements particularly are people with specific |
| have found vitamin B6 beneficial. | | | | diseases that make vitamin intake necessary, the |
| Women over the age of thirty five need to take | | | | elderly and often premature infants. Also, those |
| extra calcium every day. Women from the age | | | | who are inclined to avoid healthy eating habits! |