Thousands of young mothers-to-be are putting their children’s health at risk as a result of their unhealthy diets and ‘faddy’ weight loss regimes such as high-protein, low-carbohydrate regimes. A study of 12,000 women has shown that 4 in 10 young women have such poor diets that when they become pregnant their children are deprived of essential nutrients in the womb.

The health of an unborn baby can be affected long before conception, because foetuses do not merely rely on the food consumed by the mother in pregnancy, but draw on nutrients stored in their bodies over preceding months. Poor diets before and during pregnancy can leave children susceptible to a range of diseases in later life including diabetes and heart disease (90).

Seagreens® can be included in the daily diet before, during and after pregnancy as an ideal foundational food - safe to use while breast-feeding - providing a complete and balanced nutrient profile including the micronutrients like folic acid and selenium which are often taken as synthetic or formulated supplements.

Daily inclusion may be increased to 3 Seagreens® Food Capsules during the final 4 months of pregnancy and for 2 to 3 months following as the body and especially the skin, hormonal and immune systems recuperate.