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Fish Oil During Pregnancy Improves Infant Eye and Brain Health

A recent study found that higher levels of DHA in the umbilical cord of pregnant mothers was associated with higher levels of  visual acuity, coordination and mental development in their infants.

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Multivitamin Helps Maintain Newborn Health

In a recent study of over 31,000 women in Indonesia, those who took multivitamins throughout pregnancy and up to 90 months after birth had an 18% greater reduction in infant mortality, compared to those who took iron and folic acid supplements.

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Perinatal supplementation of Long-Chain Fatty Acids as a Strategy to Prevent Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Heart

Stimuli or insults during the perinatal period can have lifetime consequences and is called as “programming”. Programming stimuli may be generated endogenously or environmental. Early nutrition is one important environmental signal that can induce lifetime effects on metabolism, growth, and neurodevelopment and on major disease processes such as hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease (CHD).
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