Women at various stages of life have unique nutritional needs that must be considered to live a healthy life. A woman of childbearing age has certain nutritional needs vs. a woman during pregnancy and breastfeeding. As a woman ages and reaches her mature years, the physiological changes of menopause require another set of vitamins and supplements that must be taken into consideration.
We can all agree thatvitaminsare meant to help our body improve its day-to-day functions. Different vitamins are meant to improve every separate organ system in our body from immunity to mental function, to energy, to blood count and the list goes on and on.
However, when it comes to pregnancy there is a strict guideline to follow regarding your vitamin supplements and that is solidified in the prenatal vitamins found at every store. However, are these guidelinesenoughsince they assume that the consumer already is healthy and normal regarding their vitamin levels. But is that really the case in the population?