Wellness Essentials

Guarantees daily consumption of vitamins, minerals, and purity-certified omega-3s to:
—Support reproductive health♦
—Promote a smooth pregnancy♦
—Enhance fetal growth and development♦
—Relieve postpartum negative mood♦

Supports fetal neurological health with 1 mg of body-ready folate.♦

Enhances fetal brain development with choline and DHA.♦

Supports muscular relaxation and may prevent nocturnal leg muscle cramps with calcium and magnesium.♦

Supplies safe levels of vitamin A with precursor carotenoids.

Benefits of Metagenics Wellness Essentials Pregnancy:

Metagenics is a nutraceutical company that provides 5-MTHF in their prenatal vitamins as well as other medical food products that they have formulated.

Folate is a water soluble B-vitamin that occurs naturally in food. 

Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, found in supplements.

5-MTHF is 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate.  5-MTHF is the most biologically active form of the B-vitamin Folate.  5-MTHF works with vitamin B12 to create molecular compounds  for numerous other biochemical reactions in the body. 

Why EPA/DHA?

Brain development - The connection between fish oil and fetal development is such an important one; studies show that the DHA omega3 content helps the brain of the fetus to develop properly. For starters, 60% of human brain is made of fats and half of that fat is DHA. Hence, studies have shown that regular consumption of omega3 during pregnancy makes it possible for the baby to get enough DHA to form its brain very well.

Well-developed brain helps to enhance the brain functions of the baby such as memory, concentration and learning. This particular link between fish oil and fetal development helps to prevent the baby from developing ADD or ADHD in the future. It also helps to increase the IQ of the baby.

Immune system - Fish oil also helps the fetus to develop strong immune system that helps to prevent pre-term mortality and stillbirth. It also helps to prevent the baby from developing allergies and other diseases in the future.

Vision - It also helps the vision of the baby to develop properly.

Regular consumption of fish oil is not only beneficial for fetal development; it also helps the mother to have easy labor/delivery of the child. It also helps to prevent postnatal depression.

In order to get all these benefits you need to take supplements that contain high amounts of DHA (at least 250mg per 1000mg of fishoil capsule). You should also ensure that you buy a brand that is molecularly distilled; this is very important because this is the only process that removes contaminants such as mercury, lead, PCBs and other pollutants from the oil.

Now that you know the important relationship between fish oil and fetal development, make sure that you do not deprive your baby and yourself of these amazing benefits.

Does Metagenics fish oil contain mercury or other contaminants?

Metagenics uses fish oil from fresh, clean, deep-sea, wild-caught, cold-water fish with lower risk of contamination. In addition, our purity-certified fish oils undergo a proprietary refinement process to remove heavy metals and other environmental pollutants. An advanced molecular distillation process of every batch ensures the highest purity and batch consistency. And every batch is thoroughly tested for impurities at every step, from raw material to packaging. Our dedication to exhaustive third-party and in-house testing enable us to make the following guarantees:

Mercury—less than 5 ppb (below detection limit)

Lead—less than 20 ppb (below detection limit)

Dioxins and Furans TEQ—less than 0.5 ppt

PCBs TEQ—less than 1 ppt

Also tested for yeasts, molds, and bacteria