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amother
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Post 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
Blonde


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post Tue, Mar 28 2023, 11:38 pm
These have no chometz, but may contain kitniyos:
https://www.koshervitamins.com.....amins
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amother
Daylily


 

Post 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
Blonde


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post Wed, Mar 29 2023, 12:26 am
amother Daylily wrote:
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.

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


 

Post 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




 
 
    
 

Post 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


 

Post Wed, Mar 29 2023, 8:55 am
Does anyone know if the Freda mini prenatal are ok?
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amother
Yarrow


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post Wed, Mar 29 2023, 11:05 am
amother Currant wrote:
Does anyone know if the Freda mini prenatal are ok?


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


 

Post 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


 

Post 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


 

Post Wed, Mar 29 2023, 1:04 pm
amother Blonde wrote:
But since folate in food is better absorbed (even for those who usually need methylated vitamins), not necessarily.


The data indicates the opposite. Food folate is as little as 50% bioavailble, whereas folic acid in vitamins is between 80-100%. By measurements of dietary folate equivalent (DFE), 0.5 mcg of supplemental folic acid is worth 1mcg of dietary folate.

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factshe.....onal/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....title

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/.....49601

https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mi.....ility

Supplemental 5-methyfolate is considered the most bioavailabile as it’s already in the form the body uses, but folate in food is not the same. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23482308/
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