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Friday, January 2, 2009

The Influence of Infant Brain Development in Smart Babies

By Michael Byrd

Brain development can determine the quality of our entire life.

And the human brain starts to develop while a person is still in the womb. Mothers are then responsible for the nutrition that she gets during pregnancy.

Interested to know? Well it is basically for the reason that an infant's optimum brain development depends on how much essential oils ? the one from omega 3 fatty acids that contain DHA, it gets as a fetus.

As Brain Development Starts

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.

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 helps you understand why omega 3 oils with DHA are essential for 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

The bigger our brain, the better we learn, communicate, rationalize and do all the wonderful things around us.

It all starts during pregnancy; a fetus' brain begins to develop during the 25th to 28th week of pregnancy. The brain then starts to regulate the control of bodily functions. But expect more growth 12 weeks before full term pregnancy.

To ensure that a baby reaches full term, omega 3 fatty acids is needed. It is also needed for 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.

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.

Since brain development disorders can be lasting, mothers are advised to get into a diet that has abundant amount of omega 3 oils with DHA. Eating lots of fatty fish and taking supplements of high and pure quality fish oil capsules can suffice these needs. [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.

View pictures of healthy pregnancy stages, visit human pregnancy week by week.

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