Whether you’re pregnant or planning to be, the most important decisions you’ll make for your baby are right at the start.

Pregnancy is a wonderful and exciting time, but it’s also a chapter in your life where you’re wholly responsible for another human being.

Just as it’s important to adjust your lifestyle and cut certain food and drink out of your diet, it’s also essential you put other nutrients in. And the best time to start is in fact before you get pregnant – in the planning stages.




THE NUTRIENTS YOU NEED
Even with a balanced diet, it’s hard to get all the vitamins and minerals you and your baby need during pregnancy. The above graph shows the significant nutrient increases 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 the risk of neural tube defects by 92%.*

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

WHAT'S IN ELEVIT?
Throughout pregnancy the need for essential nutrients, including iron and folic acid increases; while especially crucial in the early stages of pregnancy, they can also help prevent deficiencies 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 to help reduce birth defects, and 60mg of iron to help combat fatigue and prevent dietary iron deficiency – all in a once-daily tablet.

START EARLY
To help give 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 and help safeguard your little one should you suddenly fall pregnant.

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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 NA3647

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