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Post-partum depression linked to DHA deficiency

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND. Mothers selectively transfer docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to their fetus during pregnancy to support optimal neurological development. If the dietary intake of DHA is insufficient to...

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Post-partum depression and functional DHA status

MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS. About 20% of Dutch women develop post-partum depression shortly after giving birth with the peak incidence reached about 32 weeks post-partum. There is growing evidence of...

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Pilot trial of fish oil for post-partum depression

TUCSON, ARIZONA. Post-partum depression (PPD) affects about 10-15% of mothers in the USA, usually within the first month following delivery. Children of affected mothers may experience impaired...

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Omega-3 fatty acids and child development

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Fetal life and early infancy are recognized as critical periods for brain development and growing evidence suggests that early nutrition plays a role in neurodevelopment....

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Mothers' fish oil supplementation benefits infants

PORTLAND, OREGON. Animal experiments have shown that monkeys born by mothers with low blood levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) develop impaired vision. There is also evidence that premature human...

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Maternal milk and DHA supplementation

MUNICH, GERMANY. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is vital for the proper development of an infant's brain and retina. DHA must be supplied through mother's milk or infant formula as the infant itself is...

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Maternal fish oil supplementation benefits children

PERTH, AUSTRALIA. Normal neuronal and visual development of infants depends on the availability of large amounts of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA). Several studies have shown...

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Maternal DHA supplementation helps infant’s problem solving

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. Maternal intake of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) in the US and Canada is generally far below the currently recommend amount of 300 mg/day. This could have serious implications for...

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Infants need long-chain omega-3 fatty acids

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. It is well-established that human infants require an adequate supply of omega-3 and omega-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal growth and neural development....

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Formula-fed infants need DHA

TORONTO, CANADA. A team of researchers from Canada, Britain, and the USA emphasize the importance of ensuring that newborn infants get sufficient docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in order to ensure optimal...

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Fish oils improve IQ in children

OSLO, NORWAY. The human brain develops rapidly during the last trimester (13 weeks) of pregnancy and the first months following birth. This brain growth depends on an adequate supply of docosahexaenoic...

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Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy is safe

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. There is still considerable controversy regarding the role of long chain omega- 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in infant development and little attention has been paid to...

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Fish oil accelerates immune system maturation in infants

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Infants are born with an immature immune system. Important characteristics of the immature immune system are an inadequate ability to produce certain cytokines (hormones that...

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Fish consumption during pregnancy

BETHESDA, MARYLAND. In 2004 the U.S. government issued guidelines regarding fish consumption for pregnant women. The advice was to limit the consumption of seafood to 340 g per week, the objective...

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Fish consumption and pregnancy outcome

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Danish researchers report that women who consume fish or seafood once a week during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy have a 3.6 times lower risk of giving birth to a low birth...

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Fatty acid status and post-partum depression

p>MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS. There is substantial evidence that major depression is associated with changes in the fatty acid composition of serum lipids. Researchers have noted that the ratio of...

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Fatty acid profile affects birth weight

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. Infants born with low birth weight and those who are small for their gestational age (SGA) are at increased risk for being sickly and even dying as infants. Long-term they...

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Docosahexaenoic acid helps brain development

MILAN, ITALY. Researchers at the University of Milan report that infants whose formula contains long- chain polyunsaturated fatty acids [especially Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)] have better brain...

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Docosahexaenoic acid fortifies breast milk

HOUSTON, TEXAS. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an important component of brain cell membranes; a deficiency during infancy has been linked to poorer brain development and a decline in visual acuity. DHA...

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DHA transfer during breast-feeding

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, specifically arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a major component of fish oil, are accumulated in the brain of the fetus and...

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