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Friday, January 2, 2009

The Importance of Infant Brain Development in Smart Babies

By Michael Byrd

The development of the brain plays a vital role in the quality of life of a person.

It is during pregnancy that the human brain starts to develop. Mothers are given the responsibility to make sure that they are well nourished during pregnancy.

Why you ask? It's because the optimum brain development of a baby is largely dependent on the important essential oils ? DHA found in omega 3 fatty acids, that the brain gets while still a fetus.

As The Brain Starts to Develop

Did you know that a baby's brain begins to develop as early as a month after fertilization? Thus it is recommended for women who are in their childbearing years to get as much omega 3 fatty acids that contains DHA in their diets.

Several scientists now agree that DHA consumption is vital in brain development and it is what sets us apart from our prehistoric ancestors. It is then right to assume that back on those days, the brain of our ancestors were developed with the aid of the DHA that they added to their diets.

This will make you believe just how important omega 3 oils with DHA are to brain development.

The brain capacity of our ancestors was believed to have declined as they did not get sufficient amount of DHA in their diets. But soon, as they moved to the coastal areas, they were able to eat plenty of fish that contained DHA, there's a remarkable increase in their brain capacity was observed.

Scientists doubt if Homo Sapiens (yes that's us) would have evolved without adding DHA from fish oils to their diets. [Lipids, Vol. 34:s39-s47]

Why Bigger Brain is Always Better

Our big brains provide us with the extraordinary capacity to learn, communicate, reason and perform tasks that needs to be done.

Brain development starts during the 25th to 28th week of pregnancy. During this stage, the baby's brain and nervous system takes control on some of its body functions. But there should be more growth left 12 weeks before full term pregnancy.

Intake of omega 3 fatty acids should be continued until the pregnant mother reaches its full term. This will assure the continuous development of the baby's brain and nervous system.

Hilarious it may seem, but we have the fishes from the ocean to thank that we did not grow up like the apes swinging in vines hanged in trees. Maybe we should thank our ancestors for discovering what a great food fish can be.

Insufficient Omega 3 Fish Oil

Low birth weight babies were examined by researchers at the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition in London and they discovered that they were inadequately nourished of DHA during pregnancy.

Sufficient amounts of omega 3 oils with DHA is needed during pregnancy, either from the intake of fatty fish or taking pure fish oil supplements, or both. This can arrest any possibility of brain development disorders. [AJCN, Vol. 57, 703s-709s]

Moms need to take omega 3 fish oil daily to ensure baby's optimum brain development. Of course they would want to have smart and healthy babies.

Visit human pregnancy week by week, and take a look at the pictures of a healthy pregnancy at different stages.

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