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I’ve been looking at the various prenatal recommendations from ADAPT people. Laura likes Prothera, I like Seeking Health, Chris likes Nutrient 950. As I always say, there are pros and cons to all—yes, I do. So I am just struggling with a few questions. Number one, Nutrient 950, with Vitamin K, has 400 milligrams of—sorry, it has 400 IUs of Vitamin E. Isn’t there some controversy with Vitamin E in pregnancy?

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, I do have some concern about, you know, tocopherols in pregnancies, so I think even Chris...

What is your take on 400 IU, Vitamin E, which are in good quality prenatals?

Dr. Amy Nett:  You’re thinking about the Pure Encapsulations Nutrient 950.   So again, Chris doesn’t recommend the Nutrient 950 for...

Biotin in the Healthy Baby Code, Chris recommends 30 to 65 mcg a day, and in Nutrient 950 with K, it has 800 mcg in the daily servings, Seeking Health, 500 mcg—any thoughts?

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, so again, I don’t know why they formulate them this way. Remember, B vitamins are mostly...

What is your go-to prenatal multivitamin, or which brands would you most recommend checking out? I noticed Thorne has beta-carotene and vitamin K as K1.

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, and I think this was a somewhat related question last time or the time before. At...

Regarding the women’s health material from Week 11 and iron deficiency and supplementation in pregnancy, is ferritin the best single test for determining true iron deficiency during pregnancy when hemoglobin levels normally decrease?

Dr. Amy Nett: Ferritin is useful. I would still look at the full iron panel. I would use a full...
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