Meeting Minimums vs. Meeting Needs: Choosing the Right Prenatal for You and Baby
Not all prenatal vitamins are created equal—and choosing the right one can make all the difference in your pregnancy journey. The nutritional needs during pregnancy significantly increase to support you and your baby’s growth and development. Many experts recommend starting a prenatal 3-6 months prior to conception and continuing during pregnancy and postpartum to continue to fill these nutritional gaps.
Needed’s Prenatal Multi is an optimally dosed prenatal that over 10,000 practitioners recommend, while many other prenatals fall short on including key nutrients that matter most, including Choline for brain health and neurodevelopment.* We’re going to compare Needed and Perelel today.
Most prenatals are designed to meet the minimum. Here’s what it looks like to go beyond.
What Sets Needed Apart:
Needed’s Prenatal Multi provides 290mcg iodine while Perelel includes 150mcg iodine. Perelel’s prenatal is below the RDA for pregnancy (220 mcg). The best sources of iodine in the diet are seafood and seaweed, as well as some iodine-rich salts.
There is emerging evidence to support the notion that choline recommendations should be about double the current recommended amount during pregnancy. Needed’s Prenatal Multi is already leading the way. Choline is an interesting nutrient, as its intake recommendations actually weren't set until 1998, and were based on the amount of choline necessary to prevent liver dysfunction in men (and adjusted for pregnancy) versus important maternal or child health outcomes. Needed Prenatal Multi delivers 400mg Choline - which supports your baby’s brain development.* Choline and folate are both important for the closure of the neural tube during fetal development.*
The current RDA for Vitamin D is 600 IU. Both Perelel and Needed Prenatal Multi provide above this recommendation; however, Needed provides 4,000IU Vitamin D, which is a more optimal intake for Vitamin D during pregnancy. Perelel provides 2,000 IUs.
Bottom Line:
Most prenatals aim to meet the minimum. Needed’s Prenatal Multi is designed to meet optimal, evidence-backed levels that truly support both mom and baby.* With robust dosing of nutrients like choline, iodine, B12, and Vitamin D, Needed stands out as a leader in prenatal care, trusted by practitioners and parents alike. When you’re choosing a prenatal, you deserve more than the minimum. Now is a great time to stock up.
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