Fish oil could save the life of your preterm baby
Premature baby parents have many concerns. Premature children are born with little or no fat. This means that their bodies do not have sufficient energy reserves and the essential fatty oils necessary for proper brain, visual, and cognitive development. They are therefore more susceptible to developing disorders such as autism and attention deficit hyperactive disorder in childhood. In severe cases, infants who are prematurely born may have digestive problems that make it hard for them to absorb food. The baby will need to be fed intravenously, which can cause liver problems and put their lives in danger. Many babies who have had liver transplants do not live to see their first birthday. what is Ololade Asake net worth
Parents of premature babies have hope after new findings from children's hospitals. Parenteral nutrition, which is intravenous feeding for premature babies, has been found to cause liver damage. It contains high amounts of the oil from the plant, omega-6 fatty acids. Even though omega-6 fats are safe to eat, it can have harmful effects on the body if it is not digested. Because there are not enough omega-3 fats to support fatty acid balance in infants, unopposed omega-6 fats can cause inflammation.
Doctors from the Children's Hospital at Boston decided to replace the omega-6 fats with omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a fatty acid from fish that makes up most of the brain and retina's structure. Within several weeks, the babies' livers began to improve and recover from the damage. While babies may still need to be fed intravenously, most of them do not require liver transplants. These findings were published online in Pediatrics. This inspired more research on the effects omega-3 fats have on prenatal infants. what is the net worth of Tems
Even if your premature infant's life is not in danger, he or she is still at risk for neurological problems and impaired mental functioning in childhood. The formation of the nervous system begins in the third trimester and requires high amounts of the omega-3 fat DHA. A baby born after the 33rd week would not have enough DHA in his or her brain to support proper mental function. The good news is that infants who receive DHA from their mothers' breast milk or infant formula do not have to experience delayed mental development. This was revealed in a Journal of the American Medical Association. Five Australian hospitals gave two diets to 657 preterm babies. One was high DHA, the other low DHA. Those on the high DHA diets showed more normal mental functions compared to babies in the other group.
Supplementing a premature infant's diet with DHA also boosts his or her visual acuity. According to a University of Texas study, 67 infants with low vision had better visual acuity following the introduction of DHA-fortified formulas.
