If you’re pregnant or planning to be, you’ll need to ensure you and your baby get the extra vitamins and minerals needed.

Your body is capable of miracles during pregnancy, but what you put into it makes a big difference to you and your baby.

Just as it’s important to eat healthy foods, you should also ensure you get the essential vitamins and minerals you and your baby need. The following graph shows the significant increases in nutrients recommended by the Ministry of Health.





KEY VITAMINS AND MINERALS FOR PREGNANCY
Vitamin C (+33%) – aids absorption of iron
Zinc (+38%) – may help your immune system
B group vitamins (+up to 48%) – for overall health and energy
Iron (+50%) – helps prevent fatigue, common in mums and mums-to-be
Folic Acid (+225%) – essential in helping reduce the risk of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, in babies.


ONLY ELEVIT IS CLINICALLY PROVEN
Elevit is the only pregnancy supplement clinically proven to reduce neural tube defects by 92%.*

It can help you get the right nutrients at the right level – before, during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

WHY ELEVIT?
Throughout pregnancy the need for essential nutrients, including iron, zinc and folic acid increases, with the potential for deficiences occurring right throughout your pregnancy.

Elevit contains these essential nutrients, including zinc, vitamin C, calcium, B6 and B12.

It also contains 800mcg of folic acid as recommended by the Ministry of Health, and 60mg of iron to help combat fatigue and prevent dietary iron deficiency – all in a once-daily tablet.

START EARLY
To help give you and your baby the healthiest start to life, Elevit should be taken daily at least 3 months before pregnancy, to give your body time to build up nutrient levels.

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*Data available upon request. Elevit tablets are a Pharmacy Medicine. Always read the label and use strictly as directed. Supplementary to and not a replacement for a balanced diet. Consult your healthcare professional to see if Elevit is right for you. Contains vitamin B, C, D, E and minerals. Visit www.medsafe.co.nz for Elevit consumer medicine information. Bayer New Zealand Ltd, Auckland. The
New Zealand formulation of Elevit is the same as that used in the Czeizel study except it does not contain Vitamin A. Czeizel Paed Drugs (2000) 2(6). TAPS NA3526

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