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Prenatal DHA Intake also Associated with Infant Immune Support.
The importance of DHA during pregnancy may not only help with early brain and visual development but according to a recent study, DHA intake during pregnancy may also help reduce the incidents of colds and duration of cold symptoms in infants.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled terial published in Pediatrics, infants born to mothers who took DHA supplements during pregnancy, experienced shorter duration of cold symptoms such as cough, phlegm and wheezing at 1 month compared to infants of mothers taking a placebo.
At 3 months, duration of illness was 14% less for infants in the group had 20%, 13%, 54%, 23% and 25% shorter duration of fever, nasal secretion, difficulty breathing, rash and "other illness", respectively.
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