- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- 800 mg
- Milk and milk products, spinach, dried dilis, sardines, and tawilis
- How does it Nourish You?
- Helps restore calcium reserves to prevent bone demineralization
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Important for bone, heart, muscle, and teeth development
- *Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- 27 mg – 1st trimester
- 34 mg – 2nd trimester
- 38 mg – 3rd trimester
- Red meat, fish, poultry, dried fruit and beans, green leafy vegetables
- How does it Nourish You?
- Helps create red blood cells that deliver oxygen to your baby; lowers risk of premature delivery; prevents anemia and fatigue
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Helps prevent iron deficiency anemia, premature birth, and low birth weight (babies who are born to mothers with severe anemia also have lower iron stores)
- *Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- 800 mcg (RE) / 2,664 IU
- Liver, eggs, carrots, spinach, green and yellow vegetables, broccoli, potatoes, pumpkin, yellow fruits
- How does it Nourish You?
- Helps form healthy skin and good eyesight; fights infection; helps repair postpartum tissue
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Helps ensure normal fetal development and infection resistance
- *Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- B1 – 1,400 mcg
- B2 – 700 mcg
- B6 – 1,900
- B12 – 2.6 mcg
- Liver, meat
- How does it Nourish You?
- Supports energy metabolism and may help alleviate morning sickness
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Helps create new blood cells and supports brain development
- Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- 80 mg
- Citrus fruits, broccoli, tomato
- How does it Nourish You?
- Helps in absorbing iron, and boosting the immune system; affects enzymes that help synthesize collagen, carnitine and neurotransmitters; lowers risk of premature rupture of membranes, premature delivery, and eclampsia
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Helps promote healthy gums, teeth, and bones; lowers risk of premature birth
- *Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- 200 IU
- Sunlight exposure, fatty fish like salmon
- How does it Nourish You?
- Plays a vital role for normal calcium metabolism
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Helps build bones and teeth
- *Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- *RENI Per Day and Source:
- 200 mcg
- Fish, shellfish
- How does it Nourish You?
- Constitutes part of thyroid hormones, which regulate essential enzymatic and metabolic processes
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Helps ensure proper intellectual functioning
- *Required Energy and Nutrient Intake
- RENI Per Day and Source:
- 500 mg based on US IOM* recommended intake
- Soybeans, egg yolk, butter, peanuts, potatoes, cauliflower, oats, sesame seeds
- How does it Nourish You?
- Helps restore maternal choline reserves
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Important building block for brain development; a precursor of acetylcholine—a neurotransmitter involved in memory and learning
- *Based on the CODEX Guidelines on Nutrients and Health Claims CAC/GL 23-1997; Food/Products which contain vitamins and minerals that are 15% of NRV are considered good sources of vitamins or minerals. While Food/Products containing at least 10% of NRV for protein are considered good sources of protein. (FDA uses RENI as NRV values.)
- RENI Per Day and Source:
- 200 mg based on FAO** adequate intake DHA
- Fish oils (salmon, sardines, and tuna) and vegetable oils (flaxseed, soy, and canola)
- How does it Nourish You?
- Helps restore maternal DHA reserves
- How does it Nurture Your Baby?
- Important building block for baby’s brain and nerve tissue development
