Apr/090
Milk for infants. Important content of omega 3 and omega 6
Has been known for a long time all of the benefits from breast milk to the health of the newborn, because it contains nutrients essential for proper physical and psychological development. In particular, several studies and research have shown that omega 3 fatty acids DHA and AA omega 6, found naturally in breast milk are essential for the development of the visual system and brain structures not only of children but also the fetus.
For this reason, new guidelines published in the Journal of Perinatal Medicine and undertaken by experts from 11 countries with the approval of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Child Health Foundation and the Early Nutrition Foundation, provide that infant formula is supplemented with these substances. When you cannot breastfeed then instructed to use milk that contains DHA omega 3 and AA omega-6 as a percentage of between 0.2 and 0.5%. Some studies have also shown that the brain development of infants who did not use these acids Piò be slow.
Moreover, since the benefits of these nutrients are already beginning in the prenatal stage even during pregnancy is appropriate to take an adequate amount of nourishing foods that are rich, like fish, rich in DHA (acid decosapentaenoico) and meat, eggs and milk rich in AA (arachidonic acid). DHA omega 3, as well as having a key role in brain development and the visual system is also important for the health of the heart, whereas AA omega-6 contributes to the formation of ecosanoidi agents acting at the level of the immune system. From now on it will be therefore appropriate for mothers who breast-feeding, take an adapted milk formula in which this is the right amount of these acids, and for nursing mothers is recommended that consumption of foods that contain or alternatively, the intake of food supplements.
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