Prenatal Vitamins

Duet DHA Review

Is Duet DHA a high quality prenatal vitamin?

Duet DHA is a prescription strength prenatal vitamins. Duet DHA prenatal vitamins has made some strides to improve their past formula by adding DHA and other essential fatty acids, but is it a high quality prenatal vitamin? It's not quite there yet. To be considered high quality prenatal vitamin they would have to additional ingredients like CoQ10, Inositol  and probiotics that help your body prepare for pregnancy, delivery and improve the health of your growing baby after they are born.

Is Duet DHA Safe?

Duet DHA prenatal vitamins is a safe prenatal vitamin if taken as directed. It does not contain toxic levels of Vitamin A or Iron. If you have allergies to fish you will want to avoid taking Duet DHA since it contains fish oil.

Duet DHA Ingredients

Duet DHA Ingredients

Vitamins and Minerals: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Niacinamide, VitaminB6, Folic acid, Vitamin B12, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper

DHA softgel Ingredients: Purified omega-3 fatty acids including: DHA, EPA, and other Omega 3 fatty acids

Other Ingredients: Acacia, ascorbyl palmitate, butylated hydroxytoluene, casein, cornstarch, croscarmellose sodium, dicalcium phosphate, di-alpha tocopherol, gelatin, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, mixed glycerides, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, silicon dioxide, sodium aluminum silicate, sodium ascorbate, sodium benzoate, sorbic acid, sucrose, titanium dioxide

Duet DHA Pros

• Contains 295 mg of DHA
• 1mg of Folic acid
• Improves fetal brain and eye development
• Reduces risks of developing neural tube defects
• Reduces moms risk of becoming anemic
• May help reduce nausea and increase energy

Duet DHA Cons

• Duet DHA capsules smell fishy and may have a fishy after-taste and may cause "fish burps"
• Prescription required
• Expensive
• Low amounts of calcium
• May cause constipation and upset stomach

The Bottom Line…

Duet DHA prenatal vitamins has made some great strides to improve their prenatal vitamin formula. By adding DHA, Duet DHA has advanced from an average prenatal vitamin to a good prenatal vitamin. They still have room for growth so lets hope that their new formula, Duet DHA ec, will qualify as a high quality prenatal vitamin making Duet DHA ec a force to be reckoned with in the vitamin industry.