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Friday, January 2, 2009

The Relationship of Infant Brain Development to Smart Babies

By Michael Byrd

The quality of a person's life depends greatly on the development of their brain.

Human brain development begins while we are still in the womb of our Moms. It is then the responsibility of our mothers to see to it that she gets enough nutrients 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

The brain of an infant develops as early as 4 weeks from the time of conception. It is good to have a solid foundation even before a woman gets pregnant to ensure that a woman has enough omega 3 fatty acids with DHA during pregnancy.

Scientist worldwide believes that it is necessary to have adequate consumption of DHA for proper brain development. Centuries ago, our primitive ancestors did not get as much DHA in their diet hence this explains why we are now more advanced in thinking as compared to them.

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]

Advantages of Having a Bigger Brain

If we have bigger brains, we would be able to learn, communicate and rationalize better and be able to do the things that we want to do.

Everything begins in the brain of a fetus. During the 25th to 28th week of pregnancy, the baby's brain and nervous system begin to take control over some body functions. But there is still more growth left, and 12 weeks to go for 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 amusing to realize that the fishes in the ocean are the ones that saved us from becoming apes swinging in vines. Makes you want to thank our ancestors for considering fish as food.

Deficiency of Omega 3 Fish Oil

Underweight babies are said to be born to mothers who did not have enough DHA in their diets during pregnancy, a research at the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition in London reveals.

A good diet during pregnancy, which should include sufficient amounts of omega 3 oils with DHA, helps prevent disorders in brain development. This would mean the need of eating more fatty fish and taking supplements of pure fish oil. [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.

Take a look at great picture of healthy pregnancy stages, got to human pregnancy week by week.

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