Neevo DHA

NéevoDHA®

Whether you are planning your pregnancy or you are pregnant, it is important to get all vitamins and nutrients needed for a healthy pregnancy. One of the essential nutrients for pregnancy is folate. Folate plays an important role during pregnancy and is needed for healthy baby development. *

Folic acid is a synthetic/man-made form of folate. Many women know to take folic acid during pregnancy, but few know whether their bodies can fully process it. Folic acid is synthetic (man-made) and must go through a 5-step conversion process in order for the body to use it. Over 50% of pregnant women in the U.S. have a genetic disorder (MTHFR Polymorphism) that limits the conversion process.1 L-methylfolate is the active form of folate ready to be used by the body and it's unaffected by this genetic disorder.1

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Folic acid vs. L-Methylfolate.

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NéevoDHA® contains various nutrients to support healthy pregnancy. *

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References:
1 Molloy Anne M, Daly Sean, Mills James L, Kirke Peader N, Whitehead Alexander S, Ramsbottom Dorothy, Conley Mary R, Weir Donald G, and Scott John M: Thermalobile variant of 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase associated with low red-cell folates: implications for folate intake recommendations. The Lancet 1997;Vol 349:1591-93

References in Chart 1:
1 Molloy Anne M, Daly Sean, Mills James L, Kirke Peader N, Whitehead Alexander S, Ramsbottom Dorothy, Conley Mary R, Weir Donald G, and Scott John M: Thermalobile variant of 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase associated with low red-cell folates: implications for folate intake recommendations. The Lancet 1997;Vol 349:1591-93
2 Willems FF, Boers GH, Blom HJ, et al. Pharmacokinetic Study on the Utilization of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and Folic Acid in Patients with Coronary Artery disease. Br. J Pharmacol 2004;141:825-830
3 Molloy Anne M, Daly Sean, Mills James L, Kirke Peader N, Whitehead Alexander S, Ramsbottom Dorothy, Conley Mary R, Weir Donald G, and Scott John M: Thermalobile variant of 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase associated with low red-cell folates: implications for folate intake recommendations. The Lancet 1997;Vol 349:1591-93
4 Akoglu, M Schrott, H Bolouri, A Jaffari, E Kutschera, WF Capsary and D Faust: The Folic Acid Metabolite L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Effectively Reduces Total Serum Homocysteine Level in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients: A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2007), 1-6
5 Lamers, Yvonne, Prinz-Langenohl, Bramswig Susanne, and Pietrzik Klaus: Red blood cell folate concentrations increase more after supplementation with [6S]-5-methyltetrahydrofolate than folic acid in women of childbearing age. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;84:156-61

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.