Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy Do Not Aid Infant Brain Development, Study Finds
A popular supplement among pregnant women — docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil — has no clear benefits for an infant’s cognitive development, contradicting a view among many obstetricians and their patients, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports…
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Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy Do Not Aid Infant Brain Development, Study Finds
October 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-pregnant, association, clear-benefits, cognitive-development, journal, nutritional counseling, omega-3-fatty, on call diets, popular-supplement, pregnancy / obstetrics, recent-study, times
