May 24th 2022
Children and Essential Fatty Acids
In writing recently about our newly formulated Kids Multi, we said we believed all children should be on a good multi and also a source of essential fatty acids (EFAs).Both adults and children are apt to be low in EFAs, especially two EFAs commonly found in seafood, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), which are crucial to children’s neurological and cognitive development. DHA, which makes up 30-60% of the retina, is also absolutely necessary for normal eye development. Shockingly, a 2021 government survey on the diets of U.S. children between the ages of one and six found that 98% were deficient in DHA. Although EPA was not measured directly in this survey, as a close relative to DHA, it can be presumed EPA was low as well.According to Gina Jaeger, PhD, decades of research have confirmed that adequate levels of EPA and DHA In children support: Brain and central nervous system development and functionHealthy immune response and r…
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