• Vitamin A: has multiple functions: it is important for growth and development, for the maintenance of the immune system, and for good vision.
• Vitamin C: helping to protect cells and keep them healthy. maintaining healthy skin, blood vessels, bones, and cartilage.
• Vitamin D: helps to absorb the right amount of calcium and phosphate.
• Vitamin E: acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are compounds formed when our bodies convert the food we eat into energy.
• Vitamin K: helps to make various proteins that are needed for blood clotting and the building of bones. Prothrombin is a vitamin K-dependent protein directly involved with blood clotting. Osteocalcin is another protein that requires vitamin K to produce healthy bone tissue.
• Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): Thiamine helps to turn food into energy to keep the nervous system healthy.
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Riboflavin is a cofactor for enzymes involved in energy generation, biosynthesis, detoxification, and electron-scavenging pathways, as well as in the metabolism of other B vitamins.
• Niacin (as Nicotinamide): This vitamin is an essential nutrient needed for tissue respiration, lipid metabolism, and glycogenesis, necessary together with other vitamins for the prevention and cure of pellagra.
• Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride): Vitamin B6 plays a vital role in numerous metabolic processes in the human body, such as nervous system development and functioning. Also, it has been associated with some benefits, such as higher Apgar scores, higher birth weights, and reduced incidence of pre-eclampsia and preterm birth and has protection against certain congenital malformations.
• Folate: Folate (vitamin B9) is an essential nutrient that is required for DNA replication and as a substrate for a range of enzymatic reactions involved in the amino acid synthesis and vitamin metabolism. Demands for folate increase during pregnancy because it is also required for the growth and development of the fetus. Folate deficiency has been associated with abnormalities in both mothers (anemia, peripheral neuropathy) and fetuses (congenital abnormalities).
• Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 is crucial for normal cell division and differentiation, and necessary for the development and myelination of the central nervous system.
• Biotin: Supports healthy hair, skin, and nails for those low in biotin. Support Energy
• Metabolism: Biotin, a B vitamin also known as vitamin H or B7 helps support the metabolism and assists in the conversion of food into energy.
• Pantothenic acid: vitamin B5; help the body convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which the body uses to produce energy. These B vitamins, often referred to as B complex vitamins, also help the body use fats and protein.
• Calcium: Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and is essential for many diverse mechanisms and reactions such as muscle contraction, bone formation, and enzyme and hormone functioning. Calcium in extracellular fluid maintains its physiologic equilibrium is in three forms namely ionic, protein-bound and complexed.
• Iron: During pregnancy, iron is needed primarily to supply the growing fetus and placenta and to increase the maternal red cell mass.
• Phosphorous: The main function of phosphorus is in the formation of bones and teeth. It plays an important role in how the body uses carbohydrates and fats. It is also needed for the body to make protein for the growth, maintenance, and repair of cells and tissues.
• Iodine: The body needs iodine to make thyroid hormones. These hormones control the body's metabolism and many other important functions. The body also needs thyroid hormones for proper bone and brain development during pregnancy and infancy.
• Magnesium: helps to maintain normal nerve and muscle function, supports a healthy immune system, keeps the heartbeat steady, and helps bones remain strong. It also helps adjust blood glucose levels. It aids in the production of energy and protein.
• Zinc: The central role of zinc in cell division, protein synthesis, and growth means that an adequate supply of zinc is especially important for pregnant women.
• Selenium: body only needs it in small amounts. Selenium helps your body make special proteins, called antioxidant enzymes. These play a role in preventing cell damage.
• Copper: works with iron to help the body form red blood cells. It also helps keep the blood vessels, nerves, immune system, and bones healthy. Copper also aids in iron absorption.
• Manganese: helps the body form connective tissue, bones, blood-clotting factors, and sex hormones. It also plays a role in fat and carbohydrate metabolism, calcium absorption, and blood sugar regulation. Manganese is also necessary for normal brain and nerve function.
• Chromium: helps to move blood sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream into the cells to be used as energy and to turn fats, carbohydrates, and proteins into energy. Chromium may help some people with type 2 diabetes. It may help them control their blood sugar and may play a role in the management of type 2 diabetes.
• Molybdenum: the body uses molybdenum to process proteins and genetic material like DNA. Molybdenum also helps break down drugs and toxic substances that enter the body .
• Chloride: It helps keep the amount of fluid inside and outside of your cells in balance. It also helps maintain proper blood volume, blood pressure, and pH of your body fluids.