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If you’re planning a baby, you’ll need to take important dietary measures to help give you and your baby a healthy start.

Getting the right combination of vitamins and minerals before, during and after pregnancy is essential to the health of both mother and baby. But gaining these nutrients from food alone can be difficult due to the vast range of nutrients required.

For these reasons, supplements are now playing an important role in pregnancy.

START EARLY
During pregnancy, your nutritional requirements increase as the body supports both you and your growing baby.

Because it’s such an all-consuming time for you, it’s important to start supplementing your diet both before pregnancy begins, during and after.

ELEVIT – A CLINICALLY PROVEN SUPPLEMENT
Elevit is a pregnancy supplement containing all the vitamins and minerals needed by mothers-to-be.

Importantly, it includes 800mcg of folic acid – as recommended by the Ministry of Health – to help ensure a healthy mother and baby.

Only Elevit is clinically proven to reduce the risk of neural tube defects, like spina bifida, by 92%.¹

It also contains other vitamins useful in building healthy babies, such as calcium for healthy blood and bones, as well as magnesium and vitamin B for a healthy body and mind.²

WHEN TO TAKE ELEVIT
Elevit should be taken at least 3 months before pregnancy, as well as during and after (while breast-feeding).

One tablet taken daily improves your chances of a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

It is the number one pregnancy supplement in New Zealand,³ and is available only from your pharmacy.

Elevit is only available from your pharmacy For more information phone 0800 847 874 or visit www.elevit.co.nz

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1 Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Pregnancy, ©Bayer HealthCare 2003. 2 Bayer HealthCare data. 3 Aztec Pharmacy Data 26/11/06. Elevit tablets are a pharmacy medicine. Supplementary to and not a replacement for a balanced diet. Medicines have benefits and some may have risks. Always read the label and use strictly as directed. Consult your pharmacist to see if Elevit is right for you. If you have side-effects, see your healthcare professional. Visit www.medsafe.govt.nz for Elevit consumer medicine information. Bayer New Zealand Ltd, Auckland. TAPS NA2019