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As a woman your body is very complex. Throughout every phase of your life
you will require extra care and nutritional support. Today's scientific advances support a number of natural choices for
women, like soy. Still, the fact remains that calcium, folic acid and iron continue to be the most important nutrients that
can impact a women's total health.
All women should take a daily multiple vitamin with these essential nutrients.
• Calcium is essential to strong healthy bones.
As a women you have a much greater risk of developing osteoporosis because you have less bone tissue and lose bone rapidly
then men do. Be sure to consume adequate calcium throughout life to reduce your risk of osteoporosis later in life.
• Folic Acid impacts women in many ways. It plays an important role during rapid fetal growth
and development. In fact, adequate intake of folic acid as part of a healthy diet before and early pregnancy may reduce the
risk of having a baby with birth defect of the brain or spinal cord. All women of childbearing age are recommended to consume
400 mcg of folic acid everyday starting at least one month before conception into the early weeks of pregnancy.
Folic
acid also plays a role in the maintenance of normal homocysteine levels; elevated levels of homocysteine are believed to be
a risk factor of heart health.
Iron is a vital nutrient that plays an essential role in forming
healthy red blood cells and transporting oxygen. It's estimated that as many as 62% of women over the age of 20 are not
meeting the RDA for iron. Women also tend to be low in iron because they tend to eat foods low in iron and lose iron through
menstruation.
