Are vitamins essential during pregnancy? What kind do you recommend?
By William Klish, M.D.
: Vitamins are usually recommended for pregnant women. I recommend prenatal vitamins with minerals that contain vitamins such as folate, and minerals such as calcium, both of which are specifically required during pregnancy.
William Klish, M.D.
Pediatric Nutrition
William J. Klish, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics, Head of Pediatric
Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of the Nutrition
and Gastroenterology Department at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.
Dr. Klish has served as chair of the Committee on Nutrition of the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
