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Friday, January 2, 2009

The Importance of Infant Brain Development in Smart Babies

By Michael Byrd

Brain development can determine the quality of our entire life.

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.

Want to know why? This is because an infant's brain starts to develop even as a fetus, thus it is important that it is provided with important oils ? omega 3 fatty acids with DHA in particular.

As Brain Development Starts

Infant's brain development can be traced back to the time of fertilization. A pregnant mom who has enough intakes of omega 3 fatty acids with DHA will most likely have a brilliant baby.

A lot of scientists are now convinced that our consumption of DHA is what differentiates us from our primeval ancestors. We can then presume that during those years, our human brain developed as our ancestors took in DHA in 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 say that Homo Sapiens (of course that is us) would have not progressed, if not for the supply of DHA from fish oil in our diets. [Lipids, Vol. 34:s39-s47]

Advantages of Having a Bigger Brain

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.

It may be humorous that we have to thank the fishes in the ocean for saving us from living like apes. We should be thankful to our ancestors for discovering that we can make a delicious meal out of the fishes in the ocean.

Lack of 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]

Since you are going to have a baby, wouldn't you prefer having a smart and healthy one by taking omega 3 fish oil daily?

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

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