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The importance of omega-3 essential fatty acids in the diet is now evident, as well as the need to return to a more physiologic omega-6/omega-3 ratio of about 1-4/1 rather than the ratio of 20-16/1 provided by current Western diets. In order to improve the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids, it will be necessary [...] Bookmark to:
      On Monday, October 13th, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a press release regarding a new clinical report titled “Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.” In this new report, the AAP has updated the amount of vitamin D they formally recommend for children from 200 IU per day to [...] Bookmark to:
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found most commonly in fish oil, is important to neural development. It is speculated that DHA intakes are low enough in some pregnant women to impair infant development. A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition compared eye development scores among infants of women who supplemented [...] Bookmark to:
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