Which of the following is TRUE? A. A pregnant woman does not need to take a multi-vitamin. B. A woman only needs to take prenata
l vitamins once they find out they are pregnant. C. A woman should take a multi-vitamin or prenatal vitamin if they are considering getting pregnant. D. It is only safe to take a prenatal vitamin if you are pregnant.
The answer is D. This is because research studies have shown that taking prenatal vitamins if you aren’t pregnant can lead to a build up of unnecessary nutrients, which can be harmful.
Explanation: malnutrition is essentially the lack of nourishment. An imbalance (less or more) of one or more nutrients certainly has the capacity of causing health issues. And as such it includes deficiencies, overabundance and imbalances.
