Vitamin A
• Supports healthy skin, eyesight, bone growth, and immune system

Vitamins B1, B2, and Niacin
• Play a central role in the release of energy from food
• Help the nervous system function properly
• Help keep appetite and digestion normal

Vitamin B6
• Helps reduce nausea in pregnant women (Sahakian 1991)
• Helps form red blood cells

Vitamin B12
• Maintains nervous system
• Helps form red blood cells

Vitamin C
• Helps body resist infection and heal wounds
• Helps body absorb iron
• Provides antioxidant protection

Vitamin D
• Helps the body absorb calcium from the digestive tract
• Helps build baby's bones and teeth

Vitamin E
• Provides antioxidant protection
Folic Acid
• Helps protect against birth defects of the brain or spinal cord (March of Dimes 2005)
• Helps prevent certain kinds of anemia

Calcium
• Helps build strong bones and teeth
• Is needed for blood clotting processes
• Is needed for muscle contraction

Copper
• Helps the body transport and use iron

Iron
• Helps red blood cells carry oxygen to the cells and to the developing fetus
• Helps prevent anemia

Zinc
• Supports growth, healthy immune functioning and wound healing

Magnesium
• Helps nerves and muscles function
• Energy

DHA & EPA
• Provides important omega-3 long chain fatty acids (DHA & EPA) for healthy brain and eye development in babies (Hornstra 2000; Uauy 2001)
• Benefits adult heart health (Kris-Etherton 2002; Hibblen 2006)