09.01.05
Indication: Psychomotor skills
Source: Am J Clin Nutr, July 2005;82:125-32.
Research: The double-blind, placebo-controlled study, conducted at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, involved 227 breastfeeding moms who were given a 200 mg capsule of Martek DHA or placebo daily for 4 months, beginning 5 days after delivery. At 2 1/2 years of age, 160 of the children were tested for psychomotor development.
Results: The children of DHA-supplemented moms scored significantly higher on the Bayley Psychomotor Development Index (PDI), when compared to the children of the non-supplemented breastfeeding moms. The Bayley PDI assesses fine and gross motor skills (hand-eye coordination) in infants and children. The study also confirmed that DHA supplementation while breastfeeding effectively increases DHA levels in the mother's milk, as well as in the infant's blood. The moms supplemented with DHA had 75% more DHA in their breast milk than the control group and their infants had 35% higher DHA blood levels than the control group infants.
Source: Am J Clin Nutr, July 2005;82:125-32.
Research: The double-blind, placebo-controlled study, conducted at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, involved 227 breastfeeding moms who were given a 200 mg capsule of Martek DHA or placebo daily for 4 months, beginning 5 days after delivery. At 2 1/2 years of age, 160 of the children were tested for psychomotor development.
Results: The children of DHA-supplemented moms scored significantly higher on the Bayley Psychomotor Development Index (PDI), when compared to the children of the non-supplemented breastfeeding moms. The Bayley PDI assesses fine and gross motor skills (hand-eye coordination) in infants and children. The study also confirmed that DHA supplementation while breastfeeding effectively increases DHA levels in the mother's milk, as well as in the infant's blood. The moms supplemented with DHA had 75% more DHA in their breast milk than the control group and their infants had 35% higher DHA blood levels than the control group infants.