SmartyPants Prenatal Multivitamin Gummies – Improved Formula: Omega 3 (DHA/EPA), Methylfolate, Biotin, Vitamin D3, C, Vitamin B12, B6, Vitamin A, K & Zinc, Gluten Free, 90 Count (30 Day Supply)

SmartyPants Prenatal Gummies
I’ve tried a lot of different prenatals, and as someone with a B.S. in Dietetics, I’m pretty picky about vitamins. These have been by far the easiest for me to consume and digest, and I love that they include a wide range of key nutrients without causing nausea or stomach upset.One thing to note is that this prenatal does not include iron and is very low in choline—both of which are important during pregnancy. I personally added separate iron and choline supplements to my routine to cover those gaps.Even with that, these gummies are still my favorite daily prenatal because they taste good, don’t upset my stomach, and make it easy to stay consistent.

Great vitamins!
Taste super good! Don’t taste like vitamins. I will say I think they’re a bit sour.

SO. DANG. SOUR. I couldn’t finish the bottle.
For the price and what you get, I think these gummies are a great buy. They don’t have iron, so they don’t mess up my stomach or make me sick. Anything with iron kills me, food or not. The orange ones do take like a child’s amoxicillin, but I don’t mind lol. The flavors are fine. None of them came melted or anything.HOWEVER. The amount of sourness these have. Holy cow. I’m weak with sour things, so it was a STRUGGLE for me to get 3 down every day. I’d eat them with food in my mouth and plug my nose and I’d still not be able to contain the sourness which would make me gag. That’s not the best when you’re pregnant 😂 I’m so glad they put the serving from 6 gummies to 3, because I truly could not eat 6 of these every day.I did end up buying a different gummy and not finishing these because I just couldn’t handle how sour these were to me. If you can handle sour, these are great gummies!

safe for MTHFR, free of all the bad stuff, correct forms of B12 and folate and K, plus omega 3, not just for pregnancy
So, I am not pregnant, and neither are my two school aged daughters, but I buy this multivitamin. I give my kids a half dose of these. Here are the reasons I like this multi:1.) K2 is the type of K that is needed to properly use D3 and calcium, hard to find a multi with this best form of K2.) Methylfolate is the bioavailable form of folate, upwards of half of the population has a genetic anomaly that keeps them from turning the manmade form called folic acid into the usable form of methylfolate. Inability to properly use folate can lead to a huge list of health issues.3.) MethylB12 is the is the bioavailable form of B12, upwards of half of the population has a genetic anomaly that keeps them from turning the manmade form called cyanocobalamin into the usable form of methylcobalamin. Inability to properly use B12 can lead to a huge list of health issues.(if you are reading this and have never heard of MTHFR please google it now and read up on it)4.) NO chromium. Chromium is a toxin, studies on chromium were done in rats which do not always translate into humans. It is theorized now that the way that chromium works in balancing blood sugar is most likely a reaction of the body to the toxin, the body uses energy (glucose) to deal with detoxing the chromium and the use of energy is what brings blood sugars into balance.5.) NO manganese. Manganese is a toxin and there is no real proof that manganese is a necessary micronutrient for the human body.6.) All natural colors and flavors etc.7.) NO iron. Iron is necessary and it is estimated that iron deficiency is actually quite high among the population. However, iron blocks the absorption of so many micronutrients that it needs to be taken separately of many micronutrients.8.) NO calcium. Yes, calcium is necessary, but like iron, calcium blocks the absorption of so many micronutrients that it needs to be taken separately of many micronutrients.9.) Omega 3. Just handy to have it all in one place.10.) Stearate free.Here is my only problem with my using this as a multi for my kids, I feel the B12 is too low.Here is my problem with this as a multi and why I cannot take ANY of the SmartyPants products. I have Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroiditis and though it may sound counterintuitive I have found out the hard way after three attempts at taking different multi’s with iodine in them that iodine causes my TSH and TPOab numbers to go up and it gives me a goiter. Humans really need only a small mount of iodine and it is easy to get enough iodine from food. The USDA recommends an iodine intake of 150mcg daily, 3oz of shrimp has 35mcg, a cup of milk has 56mcg, 3oz of cod has a whopping 99mcg! Even one egg has 12mcg of iodine. To take 150mcg of idone in a multi is just excessive for anyone.Here are my wishes (I hope SmartyPants reads this!):1.) I wish that Smartypants would reformulate all of their products so that ALL of them have methylfolate. Right now ONLY the prenatal has methylfolate, all of SmartyPants’ other products have folic acid. People with the MTHFR genetic mutation should not take folic acid.2.) I wish that SmartyPants would reformulate to be iodine free or at least offer one iodine free version.

I ordered thinking that this doesn’t contain gelatin. However, there are two variants. One is a vegetarian one which does not contain any gelatin. So to my fellow Muslim women, be careful while you order.To The Smarty pants company: Please make halal gummies.