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amother
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Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:18 pm
Im.sure this was asked before but I dont see any threads on it. What prenatal is kosher for pesach not kitniyos? Any ? Very very early pregnancy so I don't want to skip..
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amother
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Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:30 pm
You almost certainly don't need it. Especially on Pesach most of us eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables which supply a much more bioavailable form of every nutrient, and in plentiful quantities, which are much more beneficial than a multivitamin which is mostly not absorbed.
You can ask your doctor how bad it would be to skip it, especially in conjunction with a whole food diet.
But if you can't bear to, although (almost?) every tablet will have kitniyos, you can get a heter to use kitniyos for health purposes.
ETA: https://www.imamother.com/foru.....64404
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amother
Oldlace
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Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:36 pm
You have to look into the specific one. One brand last year (nutri supreme maybe) said it has chashash chametz
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amother
Blonde
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Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:38 pm
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amother
Daylily
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Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:39 pm
Maxi health did a pesach run of their small prenatal caps, but they may contain kitniyos so ask your Rav. Unfortunately folic acid is mostly in legumes and enriched grain products, so there aren’t a lot of great options to get it over pesach. If you’re before 6 weeks you can make a good argument to a knowledgeable Rav that it’s a medical necessity.
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amother
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Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:52 pm
amother Daylily wrote: | Maxi health did a pesach run of their small prenatal caps, but they may contain kitniyos so ask your Rav. Unfortunately folic acid is mostly in legumes and enriched grain products, so there aren’t a lot of great options to get it over pesach. If you’re before 6 weeks you can make a good argument to a knowledgeable Rav that it’s a medical necessity. |
Actually, romaine lettuce, beets, citrus, fresh fruit, and eggs are considered good sources of folic acid. (Beets have as much as legumes.)
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amother
Leaf
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:01 am
For accuracy sake, vegetables contain folate, not folic acid. Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate which is found in nature.
Which is why everyone should be looking for prenatals with methylfolate as opposed to folic acid.
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amother
Maize
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:05 am
Folate is so much better for you and your baby anyway!! Focus on getting lots of fruits and vegetables in, if you’re not too nauseous. If you are, get a heter for the prenatals.
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amother
Daylily
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:07 am
amother Blonde wrote: | Actually, romaine lettuce, beets, citrus, fresh fruit, and eggs are considered good sources of folic acid. (Beets have as much as legumes.) |
Interesting. Beets weren’t on either of the lists I looked at here: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factshe.....onal/
And here: https://cchealth.org/folic-acid/list.php
The only ones listed on those that I can reasonably see someone in early pregnancy being able to eat enough of every day to get the DV are the legumes and maybe liver if they’ve got a particular red meat craving.
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amother
DarkViolet
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:08 am
ask your LOR. Mine (chassidish) says that if it's a pill that gets swallowed it's fine.
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amother
Blonde
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:26 am
https://news.wisc.edu/scientis.....eets/
tl;dr 1 beet has 25% of the daily value (and more likely actually to be absorbed)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....9826/
tl;dr 1 egg has 10%-22% of the daily value
1 orange has 10% of the daily value
1 banana has 5%
1 cup of romaine has 10%
1 potato has 5%
and most other foods (fruits, vegetables, meat, fish) have folate in varying amounts.
IOW, a normal Pesach diet containing fruits, vegetables and eggs is almost certain to provide more folate than your prenatal.
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amother
Impatiens
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 7:39 am
My doctor specifically told me to skip my vitamins over pesach. And my vitamin D is pretty low, I'm taking 1000 above my usual prenatals. I wouldn't want my unborn baby eating anything on pesach that's a chashash chumetz just like my other already born kids.
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gootlfriends
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 8:40 am
amother Impatiens wrote: | My doctor specifically told me to skip my vitamins over pesach. And my vitamin D is pretty low, I'm taking 1000 above my usual prenatals. I wouldn't want my unborn baby eating anything on pesach that's a chashash chumetz just like my other already born kids. |
There are prenatal vitamins and supplements which are chometz free. As long as you swallow it, not chew, most hold you can have ones with kitniyos. I have a daughter who takes melatonin to sleep. She has adhd and cannot fall asleep without it. So we buy tablets that she swallows. The amount of kitniyos is small and its a chumra.
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amother
Currant
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 8:55 am
Does anyone know if the Freda mini prenatal are ok?
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amother
Yarrow
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 10:09 am
amother Impatiens wrote: | My doctor specifically told me to skip my vitamins over pesach. And my vitamin D is pretty low, I'm taking 1000 above my usual prenatals. I wouldn't want my unborn baby eating anything on pesach that's a chashash chumetz just like my other already born kids. |
I'm also pregnant and pretty low in iron but vitamins are not medication. I take my synthroid on Pesach for my thyroids as medication goes into a whole diff category than vitamins. I make sure to take my vitamins right before Sof zman chometz and Motzei Yom tov. It's not so many days....
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amother
Daylily
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 11:01 am
amother Blonde wrote: | https://news.wisc.edu/scientists-get-the-facts-on-folic-acid-in-red-beets/
tl;dr 1 beet has 25% of the daily value (and more likely actually to be absorbed)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....9826/
tl;dr 1 egg has 10%-22% of the daily value
1 orange has 10% of the daily value
1 banana has 5%
1 cup of romaine has 10%
1 potato has 5%
and most other foods (fruits, vegetables, meat, fish) have folate in varying amounts.
IOW, a normal Pesach diet containing fruits, vegetables and eggs is almost certain to provide more folate than your prenatal. |
Both of your linked studies use the DV for non-pregnant adults, 400mcg. For pregnant women, the DV is now 800mcg. You need to halve your percentages.
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amother
Daylily
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 11:05 am
I don’t think so. Both the OU and the cRc guides only listed Maxi health as having a pesach run this year or as not needing a pesach hashgacha.
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amother
Blonde
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 11:11 am
amother Daylily wrote: | Both of your linked studies use the DV for non-pregnant adults, 400mcg. For pregnant women, the DV is now 800mcg. You need to halve your percentages. |
But since folate in food is better absorbed (even for those who usually need methylated vitamins), not necessarily.
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amother
Currant
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 11:13 am
amother Daylily wrote: | I don’t think so. Both the OU and the cRc guides only listed Maxi health as having a pesach run this year or as not needing a pesach hashgacha. |
Actually on their site they posted that to their knowledge non of their products contain actual chometz , they may have kitniyos so I’m going to ask about that
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amother
Daylily
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Wed, Mar 29 2023, 1:04 pm
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