Women have special requirements for nutrients which vary over the course of a lifetime. These nutritional needs change under psychological and physiological stressmetabolic changes during the monthly cycle, pregnancy, lactation or the transition to menopause. Although all of these developments are entirely natural, they challenge a woman's body. Optimum intake of properly combined vitamins and other micronutrients is critical for maintaining hormonal balance, supporting the immune, cardiovascular and nervous systems as well as other body functions during these natural processes.