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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.

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.

The Moment Brain Development Takes Place

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.

It has been observed during the ancient times that those who were deprived of DHA had a declined brain capacity. Also, the moment they moved from the savannah to the coastline, where there was enough supply of fish, there was eventually an increase in brain capacity.

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]

What can a Bigger Brain Do For Us

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.

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 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

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.

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

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