Amazon Indian Breast Milk Has Higher Omega-3 Content
The omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is vital for cognitive and visual development in infants. Now, researchers have discovered that Amerindian women have higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their breast milk than women in the United States…
June 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-docosahexaenoic, amerindian, breast, higher-levels, levels, nutrition, nutrition / diet, omega-3-fatty, oncalldietitian.com, their-breast, united
High Levels Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Found In Breast Milk Of Amerindian Women
Working with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, anthropologists at UC Santa Barbara have found high levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids in the breast milk of economically impoverished Amerindian woman as compared to women in the United States. Their research appears in the current issue of the journal Maternal and Child Nutrition…
June 11, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amerindian, breast, child, current, fatty-acids, high-levels, journal, maternal, santa, santa-barbara, the-breast, the-current, the-journal, university
