Vital Essence 2

Vital Essence 2 - 90 tablets (1 month's supply)

DOES NOT CONTAIN VITAMIN A
 
Free from artificial colours, preservatives, gluten and yeast. Non-GM.
 

The Second Trimester (13-28 weeks)

By the second trimester your baby’s limbs will be fully formed and the joints able to move. Eyelashes and eyebrows are beginning to grow, teeth are starting to develop in the jaw bones and fat stores are being laid down. The organs are maturing and the developing bones are continuing to ossify. The nervous system is becoming more developed and the brain is beginning to rapidly increase in size, its brain cells multiplying at an amazing 50,000 to 100,000 per second.

As your pregnancy progresses it is obviously important to make sure your vitamin and mineral intake is protected. Your appetite should return as early feelings of nausea and tiredness pass, but don’t be tempted to 'eat for two'. It is quality not quantity that counts, and excess weight gained now may be hard to shift later. Good nutrition is important for your baby’s development and for your own health during the pregnancy.

The new formulation of Vital Essence 2 provides everything you need to safeguard your everyday diet, including 400ug of Folic Acid (useful for a whole range of cellular activities, not just for helping to minimise the risk of spina bifida) plus lots of protective ingredients such as Beta Carotene (a safe way to help support your intake of Vitamin A), Copper, Magnesium, Manganese and Zinc, all of which  support normal cell division and help to protect DNA. Take one tablet, three times a day (with food), alongside a good quality diet.

We recommend that Vital Essence 2 should be taken in conjunction with VitalDHA for maximum benefit to your overall nutrition.
 
All Zita West products are developed in response to the very latest research and are regularly reviewed and reformulated to remain at the cutting-edge of clinical and nutritional thinking for optimum reproductive health.

Directions For Use:

Take one tablet three times a day with food. Should only be taken on a full stomach. Suitable for vegetarians.

If under medical supervision, seek guidance from your medical practitioner before using this product.

Good News For Our Clients:

As with any supplementation, we strongly recommend that you continue with all our nutritional products for at least three to four months. As you would expect, it can take several months to bring your body back into optimum nutritional balance, plus a sustained effort from then on to keep it that way.

Many of our clients have told us that they find the process of reordering each month a chore, which we can well understand. In response to this we have introduced an Automatic Reordering Service for all our nutritional range.

If you would like to take advantage of this service, either tick the box, as indicated, when completing your purchase on our 'Shopping' page or, if you prefer, give our sales line a call on 0800.0480.046, and we'll arrange it for you. We'll then send you a bottle of whatever you've ordered to reach you before your existing supply runs out. We'll only charge your credit card for the new delivery when we have despatched it, just as if you had e.mailed or called us yourself. Whenever you want to amend or cancel the order, simply call us, or send an e.mail to customerservice@zitawestproducts.com, and we'll arrange this for you immediately.

Please state how many weeks you have been pregnant, so we can make sure we send you the right product as your pregnancy develops.

Alternatively, you may prefer to buy a few month's supply in one go. We can now offer a 10% reduction (ex p&p) on all orders of two or more of any of the products from the Vital and Revital Essence range, or any combination of them. If you choose to place your order via the web-site, the system will calculate your discount for you automatically.

Don't worry if you order a number of products and then decide not to use any of them; simply return them to us, unopened, and we will be happy to refund what you paid.

VITAL DHA alongside VITAL ESSENCE 2

VitalDHA during the Second Trimester

60% of your baby's nutritional and calorific intake in the first 6 months of pregnancy is used for brain growth and neural development. During the second trimester this process accelerates, with his or her cells multiplying  at between 50,000 to 100,000 a second! 20% of his or her brain is created out of essential fatty acids, of which DHA is the richest source.  We strongly recommend that all our clients consider DHA supplementation before, during, and immediately after pregnancy.

Three tablets a day typically provide:

 

Vital Essence 2 - Ingredients and their Benefits

• Betacarotene - helps protect, safely, against Vitamin A deficiency. Supports normal cell differentiation, normal function of the immune system as well as the normal metabolism of Iron.
• Biotin – essential for metabolising most macronutrients as well as for the normal function of the nervous system. The concentration of biotin in breast milk is 15 times higher than in the mother’s blood, which suggests that Biotin may be very important for a baby’s growth and development.
• Calcium - the need for Calcium in the diet continues to rise through the 2nd trimester even though the body becomes very efficient at absorbing it from food. Needed initially to help support normal neurotransmission and healthy bones and teeth. The foetus accumulates Calcium rapidly in the 1st trimester and a mother needs to continue to build up good stores so that plenty is available for her baby without depletion of her own bone material. Vegetarian mothers and those under 18 need to be especially careful to avoid deficiency.
• Choline - an essential nutrient required by the body to make important compounds necessary for healthy cell membranes. Demand for Choline during pregnancy is very high due to its transfer from the mother to the foetus.
• Co enzyme Q 10 - for increased energy and to help with cell division.
• Folic Acid - Increased evidence of benefit of Folic Acid supplementation for a whole range of cellular activities throughout pregnancy, as well as helping to minimise the risk of spina bifida. Supplementation can be valuable as good supplies can be hard to find from food alone.
• Fruit extracts - (pomegranate and grapeskin). Added, along with Alpha Lipoic Acid and N-Acetyl Cysteine, to provide a broader spectrum of antioxidants.
• Iodine - an essential micro-nutrient in the human diet, most particularly as a component of thyroid hormones, which play a vital role in the regulation of metabolic processes such as growth and energy expenditure.
• Iron – makes haeomoglobin, the substance which carries oxygen in the blood. Women often have low Iron status entering pregnancy because of menstrual blood loss. A common symptom of deficiency is pica, a craving for strange foods. Iron is not absorbed well without Vitamin C and taking it on its own can lead to the loss of essential minerals. Also important for the normal functioning of the immune system, normal cognitive function and normal cell division. 
• Magnesium - essential for energy production, for proper nerve function and for every major metabolic reaction. Few enzymes (the protein molecules which carry out the DNA's instructions in the body) can work without it.
• Phosphorus - along with Calcium, one of the main constituents of bone. It is present in every cell in the body, plays a part in every chemical reaction and is vital for energy production and proper skeletal growth.
• Selenium  - a powerful antioxidant, especially important to help protect DNA, proteins and lipids from oxidative damage. Also important for the normal functioning of the immune and thyroid systems.
• Vitamin C  - A valuable antioxidant. Helps to protect against damage to chromosomes. Also added to help with energy production, the formation of collagen and the (critically important) absorption of Iron.
• Vitamin D - important to help maintain a healthy inflammatory response and the normal functioning of the immune system. The Department of Health now recommends that all women should consider supplementing with Vitamin D during pregnancy. Recent research from our Clinic shows that over half of all women who have their Vitamin D status tested are deficient.
• Vitamin E - essential for metabolism and the development of the nervous system.
• Vitamin K - essential for making blood clotting factors in the liver.
• Zinc - vitally important for much of the body's cellular activity, including cell division, normal metabolism of Fatty Acids and cognitive functions. Critical for normal fertility and reproduction.

Source Ingredients:

Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium Oxide, Calcium Citrate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid), Anti-caking agent: Silica, Crosslinked Cellulose Gum, Choline Bitartrate, Magnesium Stearate, Stablisers: Acacia Gum, Hydroxpropyl Methyl Cellulose; Ferrous Fumerate, Pomegranate Extract, N-Acetyl Cysteine, Modified Tapioca Starch, Zinc Citrate, Niacin (as Nicotinamide), Alpha Lipoic Acid, Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium Pantothenate), Colour: Titanium Dioxide; Grapeskin Extract, Olive Oil, Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Coenzyme Q10, Thiamine (as Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1)), Inositol, Vitamin E (as D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate)1, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Manganese Gluconate, Sunflower Oil, Soya Oil 1, Glycerin, Beta Carotene, Copper Citrate, Lycopene, Lutein, Folic Acid, Potassium Iodide, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Antioxidants: Natural Mixed Tocopherols 1, Ascorbyl Palmitate; Sucrose, Vitamin K (as Phylloquinone), Chromium Chloride, Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol), Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin). Allergen Information: 1 - From Soya

My GP says if I am eating a good diet, I do not need to take vitamins?

In our view, even if you have a healthy diet - which many people don't these days, with missed, hurried and convenience meals - you may not be be sure you are getting the vitamins and minerals you need. Not least because intensive food production has stripped many foods of a lot of their nourishment. In our opinion, a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement is extremely valuable during pregnancy, if only as an insurance policy.

Is it OK to keep on taking Vital Essence 2 when I am into the 3rd Trimester?

It's perfectly fine to keep on using Vital Essence 2 for a few weeks after the end of the 2nd trimester, for example to finish off a bottle that you have only just started. The differences in the formulation of Vital Essence 3 are not huge, and have just been made in order to fine-tune the formulation to make it as specific as possible to the particular needs of your body as you move into this final stage of pregnancy.

What is "RDA" and why are so many of the ingredients in Vital Essence 2 higher than 100%?

"RDA" is an abbreviation of "Recommended Daily Allowance." The RDA was devised by the Dept of Health in the UK in 1979 to provide guidance on the intake of a limited number of specific vitamins and minerals that an average adult should have daily in order to avoid a deficiency that may lead to disease or general ill-health. Whereas this was, and remains, a useful benchmark for judging the contribution that any supplement may make to reaching those minimum requirements, it wasn't intended to represent an indication of optimum intake. You will probably have noticed that many supplements, particularly premium priced ones such as our own, contain daily levels that are frequently many times higher than the RDA, sometimes substantially so. This is because the vitamins and minerals concerned have been set at therapeutic levels in an attempt to boost the body's store of the nutrients concerned, often for a particular and limited period of time, the need for which can of course vary depending on factors such as general health, age etc. It is universally recognised that pregnancy, and preparing for pregnancy, for example, benefit from special attention to nutrition on the part of both partners. All of the formulations within the Zita West range are well within the Government's guidelines for what represents the upper safe limit (USL) for long term daily supplementation of any given nutrient.

What is the difference between Vital Essence 1 and 2?
Certain vitamins and minerals have been increased to meet the changing demands of mother and baby during the second trimester.