Pregnancy Nutrition: Eat Your DHA!
By: Rachel, RD, CDNWith health professionals recommending additional DHA, or Docosahexanoic Acid, during pregnancy, many women have become aware that there is something special about this nutrient. DHA...
View ArticleDHA During Pregnancy May Reduce Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth
The first five years of a 10-year double blind study from the University of Kansas are complete and researchers are reporting a positive benefit of taking DHA during pregnancy. According to the study,...
View ArticlePreconception Medications
Every morning you sleepily walk to the bathroom medicine cabinet and pull out the same five or six bottles you have been pulling out for years. You take a multi-vitamin with St. John’s Wort to ward off...
View ArticleMaternal Omega-3 Deficiency and Depression
DHA deficiency is thought to be associated with maternal depression. While DHA supplements could be used to treat the deficiency, there are reports that EPA is more effective at relieving depressive...
View ArticleBreastfed Children Less Likely to Stutter
My friend’s twins both developed a stutter around first and second grade. This is isn’t an uncommon development for twins and it can be quite easily treated with speech therapy. My cousin’s children...
View ArticleIntelligence May be Linked to Length of Time Spent Breastfeeding
Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital believe cognitive development, or intelligence, may be associated with the length of time an infant spends breastfeeding. According to the study published in...
View ArticlePreNexa Prescription Prenatal Vitamins Reformulated for More DHA and Vitamin D
On February 2, 2014, pharmaceutical company Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., announced its introduction of a new formula for its prescription prenatal vitamins marketed under the registered trademark...
View ArticleOmega 3 DHA and EPA Fatty Acids During Pregnancy and Fetal Development
What are Omega-3 Fatty Acids? Omega-3 fatty acids chemicals that are essential for the development of important body functions. Most omega-3 acids are consumed in the diet but they can also be added to...
View ArticlePregnancy Nutrition: Eat Your DHA!
By: Rachel, RD, CDNWith health professionals recommending additional DHA, or Docosahexanoic Acid, during pregnancy, many women have become aware that there is something special about this nutrient....
View ArticleDHA During Pregnancy May Reduce Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth
The first five years of a 10-year double blind study from the University of Kansas are complete and researchers are reporting a positive benefit of taking DHA during pregnancy. According to the study,...
View ArticlePreconception Medications
Every morning you sleepily walk to the bathroom medicine cabinet and pull out the same five or six bottles you have been pulling out for years. You take a multi-vitamin with St. John’s Wort to ward off...
View ArticleMaternal Omega-3 Deficiency and Depression
DHA deficiency is thought to be associated with maternal depression. While DHA supplements could be used to treat the deficiency, there are reports that EPA is more effective at relieving depressive...
View ArticleBreastfed Children Less Likely to Stutter
My friend’s twins both developed a stutter around first and second grade. This is isn’t an uncommon development for twins and it can be quite easily treated with speech therapy.Keyword Tags:...
View ArticleIntelligence May be Linked to Length of Time Spent Breastfeeding
Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital believe cognitive development, or intelligence, may be associated with the length of time an infant spends breastfeeding. According to the study published in...
View ArticlePreNexa Prescription Prenatal Vitamins Reformulated for More DHA and Vitamin D
On February 2, 2014, pharmaceutical company Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., announced its introduction of a new formula for its prescription prenatal vitamins marketed under the registered trademark...
View ArticleOmega 3 DHA and EPA Fatty Acids During Pregnancy and Fetal Development
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