Supplementation During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

During pregnancy, developing babies rely on their mothers to get needed healthy nutrition. A mother’s diet determines what healthy nutrients are passed on to her developing baby through the food that she eats.

Unfortunately, the majority of pregnant women in the U.S. fail to get the recommended amount of healthy nutrients in their diets and only 10 to 20 percent of pill form prenatal vitamins are absorbed by the body.

The good news is leaders in maternal health are beginning to educate women about the importance of nutrition and some food manufacturers are starting to come up with creative ways to help people – pregnant and non-pregnant get the nutrients they need.

Current research suggests adequate levels of healthy nutrients may help increase a developing baby’s cognitive functioning, reduce the risk of pre-term labor and decrease the risk of postpartum depression. Consider the following:

Five benefits to taking an organic liquid whole food supplement during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

1) Ease of use. It is generally much easier to drnk a liquid than it is to swallow a pill or capsules (especially when you are taking multiple pills at a time).

2) Improved absorption. Research shows that the body absorbs liquids (and their nutrients) faster and better than solids. Absorption is a crucial factor to consider when it come to supplement products. According to Physicians Desk reference, “Only 10 to 20 percent of vitamins and minerals in pill form are absorbed by the human body.”

3) Replacement of unhealthy drinks. Using a liquid supplements will help you displace intake of unhealthful drinks, such as soda (even “diet” versions) and coffee (caffeine strips the body of minerals).

4) Increase Water intake. Just as you replace undesirable drinks such as soda with a liquid supplement, you’re also increasing you water intake.

5) Transformed eating habits. Once you begin to enjoy the nutritional benefits of liquid based products, you’ll find it easier to transform other dietary and lifestyle habits as well – Hopefully the rest of your life.

The following are a few testimonials from women during pregnancy and and breastfeeding after the birth of their children.

My Story My Pregnancy

When I got pregnant, my first worry was “will my baby be healthy?” I have tons of allergies and had recently healed from Celiac Disease. I was worried that i would feel depleted while I grew this person inside of me. When i started taking Body Balance I knew that even through the nausea I was getting ample nutrients. To my surprise I enjoyed a normal pregnancy without any complications and gave birth naturally at a freestanding birth center. Breastfeeding came easily and I recovered from the birth very quickly. I was very HUNGRY postpartum and Body Balance was the only thing that really quenched that hunger. I drank a lot of Body Balance.

Allance McKinnon, CO

I started taking body balance about two months before I became pregnant with our 5th child. Since my prenatal vitamins were making me sick, a month into my pregnancy I stopped everything but body balance.

I was very anemic with my other 4 pregnancies. I took 8-10 tablets of iron supplements daily. This time, in my second trimester I added TrueGreens and OsteoProCare to my body balance. In three days I noticed a huge difference in my energy level! My husband even noticed it! I was six months pregnant, and I wasn’t even taking naps!

I felt much better throughout this pregnancy than I did with the others. We were blessed with a beautiful, healthy, and happy baby girl! My postpartum recovery was almost unreal how fast I got my strength back.

Thanks Life Force for your wonderful products.

Kathryn Fisher, New Holland, PA

A Midwifes Perspective

As a midwife with a busy call schedule,there are days when i see patients in the office all day, and then I am up through the night at a birth and then back at the office the next morning. Before taking my whole food supplement, I would wake up feeling tired, aching and sore even after a night of sleep. MY day would be half over before I would feel alive and functional. Now I feel well rested and refreshed in the mornings. MY liquid supplement gives me the energy I need to focus on caring for women safely – even after being up all night.

Answering questions about the common discomforts of pregnancy, such as nausea, heartburn, constipation and fatigue used to take 2/3 of the time I spend with patients in the office. Now that many of them are supplementing with liquid nutrition, these symptoms are less bothersome to them and we can spend more time preparing for their births.

Barbara d’ Amato CNM Pennsylvania

I used Body Balance and OsteoProCare throughout my whole first pregnancy and LOVED it. I felt great and had a healthy uneventful pregnancy and successful home birth. As a new mom I didn’t get much sleep, but thanks to Body Balance, I still had a lot of energy and felt great. I was also happy because I knew my daughter was getting all of the nutrients she needed through my breast milk. At one my daughter started drinking Body Balance. She loves it and asks for it throughout the day. IT gives me peace of mind knowing that she is getting the nutrients that she needs, regardless of what she is eating/not eating.

Now I’m pregnant again and I’m still drinking my Body balance and loving it. I can’t imagine how anyone could get through pregnancy without it.

Amy Starr Allen, Denver CO

I took body balance throughout my pregnancy and still do today, while breastfeeding. During my pregnancy, I feel that body balance gave me more energy and lessened my symptoms of nausea and fatigue. now that I am breastfeeding, I feel good knowing that my baby is getting all the nutrients she needs – and that I am too!

Lisa James, PA

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