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Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Vision and Brain Development!
The amount of essential fatty acids (omega 6 and omega 3) available to the fetus depends upon how much of each of these the mothers eats.
Studies suggest if that mother-to-be consumes a typical Western diet the fetus will have access to a much higher concentration of omega 6's than omega 3's.
This in balance may be even more pronounced in pregnant women because many choose to avoid eating fish (one of the richest dietary sources of omega-3 fatty acids)
because of fears of mercury and other toxins present in the fish supply.
Ensuring adequate intakes of omega 3's is particularly important before, during and after pregnancy.
In fact, the Federal Drug Administration/Environmental Protection Agency Fish Consumption Advisory informs women who may become pregnant, pregnant women, nourishing mothers and the parents of young children, about minimizing mercury exposure (for example, shark, swordfish, tile-fish and king mackerel).
However, ensuring adequate intakes of omega 3's id particularly important before, during and after pregnancy.
DHA is an omega 3 fatty acid that plays an important role in early brain and visual development and as such should be available to the growing fetus during gestation via the mother's diet and continued during lactation and throughout the first several years of a child's life.
To ensure women of reproductive age are consuming enough DHA, use of a pure fish oil supplement starting at the time of conception and throughout pregnancy and lactation should be considered.
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