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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Pre-natal Vitamins vs. Shaklee's Vita-Lea


SHAKLEE'S VITA-LEA VS LEADING PRE-NATAL VITAMINS:
Essential Nutrition

Shaklee vitamins are made with whole foods and contain no synthetic, man-made materials like most vitamins on the market. If you have read my Shaklee story, you know that when I became pregnant with my daughter, I was reintroduced to Shaklee after having horrible side effects with many prescription pre-natal vitamins that my doctor offered me, to the point where my doctor told me to stop taking them and try a children's multi-vitamin like Flinstones. My mom went a little crazy (lol!) when she heard the doctor recommended me Flinstones vitamins and told me I have to start taking Shaklee supplements. I had no side effects, my vomiting and nausea stopped completely and I felt so much more energy. Shaklee babies are less lethargic and more alert when born than babies who received synthetic vitamins. The doctors couldn't believe how alert and how pink her coloring was when she was born. The Shaklee Vita-lea is only one of the vitamins recommended as pre-natal vitamins. Shaklee is known for their research and quality products and is always safe. For more information on the recommened pre-natal vitamins, please contact me. It is always best to consult with your physician. I encourage you to take this comparison with you to your OB/Gyn. Most doctors are amazed when they see the comparison sheet and many doctors recommend Shaklee supplements.

SHAKLEE VITA-LEA  - For more info on the vitamins, click here.
-- Contains all essential 12 vitamins and 7 minerals in proper balance
-- Contains 27 whole vegetable sources, which are readily absorbed 
    by the body
-- Contains no chemicals 
-- No Herbicides 
-- No Pesticides or fungicides 
-- No sugar or artificial sweeteners 
-- No artificial colors, flavors or additives of any kind
-- CONTAINS phyto-nutrients and the live enzymes not found in synthetic vitamins
-- Processed by low-heat method keeping enzymes alive
-- Contains 100% of the RDA of Biotin

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE PRENATAL VITAMINS 
ON THE MARKET TODAY AND WHAT THEY CONTAIN:
 
ZENATE (SOLVARY PHARMACEUT1CALS)
-- CARNAUBA WAX WHEN HEATED TO DECOMPOSITION AND EMITS ACRID SMOKE AND IRRITATING FUMES. 
-- MAGNESIUM STEARATE (WHEN HEATED, CAUSES TOXIC FUMES) 
-- CONTAINS POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL. WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRAIN AND KIDNEY DAMAGE 
-- CONTAINS STEARIC ACID, WHICH MAY CAUSE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION. 
-- SKIN SENSITIZATION IS USUAL. 
-- TITANIUM DIOXIDE, WHICH MAY CAUSE PULMONARY IRRITATION. 
-- NO BIOTIN. 
-- NO PANTOTHENIC ACID. 
-- LOW MAGNESIUM. 
-- NO COPPER 
-- NO PHOSPHORUS 

PRECARE CAPLETS (NORTHAMPTON MEDICAL) 
-- CONTAINS NO VITAMIN A 
-- NO VITAMIN B1 
-- NO VITAMIN B12. 
-- NO BIOTIN. 
-- DUE TO IMPROPER BALANCE OF B VITAMINS THIS CAUSES A DUMPING, 
THUS NOT UTILITZING THE PROPER ABSORPTION OF VITAMINS B6 AND FOLIC ACID
-- NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- NO IODINE. 
-- NO PANTOTHENIC ACID. 

NATALINS TABLETS (MEAD JOHNSON) 
-- CONTAINS NO BIOTIN. 
-- LOW CALCIUM. 
-- L0W MAGNESIUM. 
-- NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- NO PANTOTHENIC ACID. 
-- CONTAINS POLYETHLLENE GLYCOL WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRAIN AND KIDNEY DAMAGE 

NIFEREX PN (CENTRAL PHARMACEUTICALS) 
-- CONTAINS NO VITAMIN E. 
-- NO MAGNESIUM. 
-- VERY LOW CALCIUM LEVELS. 
-- NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- NO BIOTIN. 
-- CONTAINS METHYLCELLULOSE WHICH MAY CAUSE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION IF  
INSUFFICIENT WATER IS TAKEN. 

PRENATE 90 (BOCK) 
-- CONTAINS NO BIOTIN. 
-- NO PANTOTHENIC ACID. 
-- NO MAGNESIUM 
-- VERY LOW CALCIUM LEVELS 
-- MATERNA TABLETS (LEDERLE) 
-- CONTAI NS ONLY 19% CALCIUM 
-- ONLY 6% MAGNESIUM. 
-- ONLY 10% BIOTIN. 
-- NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- CONTAINS METHYLCELLULOSE WHICH MAY CAUSE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION, IF 
INSUFFICIENT WATER IS TAKEN. 
-- CONTAINS METHYLPARABEN WHICH MAY CAUSE GASTRIC UPSET. CONTAINS 
SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, A TYPICAL COMPOUND FOUND IN ANIONIC DETERGENTS.

NATALINS RX (MEAD JOHNSON) 
-- CONTAINS NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- NO IODINE. 
-- CONTAINS HYDROCHLORIDE WHICH MAY BE A DIRECT PULMONARY IRRITANT AND 
INFLAME CONJUNCTIVE OF EYES. 
-- CONTAINS CYANOCOBALAMIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SENSITIVITY REACTIONS, 
GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS, THROMBOSIS AND ITCHING RASH. 

STUART PRENATAL (STUART) 
-- CONTAINS NO BIOTIN. 
-- LOW CALCIUM. 
-- NO MAGNESIUM. 
-- NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- NO IODINE. 
-- CONTAINS HYDDROXPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE WHICH MAY CAUSE INTESTINAL  
OBSTRUCTION, IF INSUFFICIENT WATER IS TAKEN 

STUARTNATAL (STUART) 
-- CONTAINS NO BIOTIN 
-- LOW CALCIUM. 
-- NO MAGNESIUM. 
-- NO PHOSPHORUS. 
-- NO IODINE. 
-- NO PANTOTHENIC ACID. 
-- CONTAINS CYANOCOBALANIIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SENSITIVITY REACTIONS, 
GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS,ITCHING AND RASH. 


REFERENCES - UNIVERSITY OF MISSlSSIPPI LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER 
CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS 5TH EDITION GOSSELIN- SMITHODGE 
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND HUMAN HEALTH CYNTHIA WILSON 
HANDBOOK OF POISONING - 12TH EDITION ROBERT H. DREISBACH - WILLIAM 
ROBERISON > POISONlNG: TOXICOLOGY: SYMPTOMS: TREATMEMTS JAY ARENA - RICHARD H.DREW 
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL. DESK REFERENCE - 2ND EDITION RICHARD J. LEWIS, SR  

3 comments:

  1. Thank you SO MUCH for the research you've done on this! So many young women think they HAVE to do just what the doc says when the docs don't know, unless those of us in Shaklee can provide them with a comparison such as this along with a copy of the label for Vita-Lea or Vitalizer (found in the Business Library OR on the bottle or box). I applaud you and will send my downlines and friends to your blog! Thank you, again! God bless you and yours!
    Ella McBride
    Shaklee Global Ambassador
    972-977-2627

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  2. I too took the Vita-Lea during my pregnancy. As a distributor myself, I had been taking them prior to conceiving and then switched to the OTC pre-natals as instructed. After a couple weeks of nausea, I compared my Vita Lea to the OTC vitamins and thought they were a better choice. I took the Vita Lea to my doctor and she agreed that the VIta Lea would be perfect! I am glad to know that there are others like me out there! My son was born 5 weeks early and besides some fluid in his lungs and some rapid breathing, he was perfectly healthy! I'm sure the Vita-Lea had something to do with that! I immediately started him on Shaklee Baby and he hasn't been sick once! Thank you for your research! I am definitely going to pass this on!
    Lisa Olsen
    Shaklee Independent Distributor
    (214) 793-9128

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  3. Hi- I'm interested in taking the Shaklee vitamins in replacement of my current prenatal vitamins and I was just wondering if you would be able to recommend what Shaklee products I would need to take to fulfill all the various vitamins and such I need?

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