Choline Science
Who Should Take Choline?
According to the FDA, choline is an essential part of everyone’s diet and about 90% of Americans are deficient in choline. Everyone who does not get the recommended daily allowance (RDA) should consider a choline supplement after consulting with their medical professionals. Pregnant and breastfeeding women may gain benefit to their babies’ brains by taking around 900 mg of choline per day while pregnant and breastfeeding, which is above the recommended minimum, but should be safe for most to consume. Talk to your medical professional before starting a choline or any regimen for their insights and recommendations for your individual situation.
Why Should I Choose Prenatal Choline?
Our founder takes and feeds our product to her own infant.
Our formula is specially tested and formulated for prenatal, breastfeeding, and baby/child use, but can benefit everyone who wants the highest quality choline supplement.
We perform rigorous, repeated testing to assure the purity, potency, and effective dosage to ensure you’re getting the best choline supplement, and only choline supplement.
Isn’t Choline in My Prenatal Vitamin?
It might be, but probably not enough to meet the RDA minimum of 450 mg for pregnant women, much less the higher levels that have been shown to have even greater benefit. A leading brand prenatal vitamin actually has none. Most prenatal vitamins have less than 25 mg per day.
Why Isn’t Enough Choline in My Prenatal Vitamin?
Prenatal vitamins are designed for convenience and getting your nutrients in one (or a few) simple doses so you can go about your busy day. Getting around 900 mg of choline per day with a supplement will require you to take Three capsules of Prenatal Choline per day, preferably spaced out throughout the day. This isn’t quite as easy as one capsule and you’re done but, with all of the other things we do for our babies’ future health, it’s not a big commitment given the Huge potential benefits indicated by research in brain performance, mental health, and more that your baby could enjoy for a lifetime! By the way- eggs are a great source of choline but you’d need to eat about six eggs a day to get the same amount of choline as you from three of our choline capsules.
Should Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women (or Those Who are Planning to Become Pregnant) Consider Taking Choline?
Because around 90% of Americans are deficient in choline and supplements may provide significant benefits, added to the fact that no prenatal vitamins cover the recommended daily allowance, we think you should consider it! Choline may have amazing positive impacts on your child’s brain both before and after birth, so if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or could become pregnant, it’s something to discuss with your medical professionals. As with all supplements, before starting a choline regimen please consult your medical professionals for their insights and recommendations for your individual situation.
How Much Choline Should a Person Take?
Always consult with your doctor regarding the possible benefits of choline in your particular situation before taking the supplement.
You may wish to read this site- or refer your medical professionals to it:
RDA and Choline Fact Sheet from the NIH (National Institutes of Health)
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Choline-HealthProfessional/
According to the US Government, you should take in at least this much per day: Table 1: Adequate Intakes (AIs) for Choline [2]
But not more than this much per day: Table 3: Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs) for Choline [2]
Summary
Most of the studies we’ve researched suggest that pregnant and breastfeeding women’s babies may benefit from about 900 mg of supplemental choline per day. Prenatal Choline© is packaged to provide approximately one month’s supply of 900 mg per day.