DHA Supports Healthy Children’s Brain Function
DHA during pregnancy enhancing infant neural development/cognitive function Aside from being a major structural lipid of the brain, studies have demonstrated that DHA enhances brain development. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial, pregnant women consumed 300 mg DHA 5 times a week (n=14) or placebo (n=15) from 24 weeks of gestation until delivery. Tests of problem solving and recognition memory were administered to infants at 9 months of age. Treatment had significant effects on the performance of problem-solving tasks A double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effect of high potency DHA fish oil during pregnancy has found beneficial effects for cognitive development, particularly eye-hand...