Boost your Omega 3 when pregnant

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Did you know that about 75 per cent of brain cells are in place before birth and the other 25 per cent are in place by the age of one year? That a newborn baby’s brain grows to almost three times its size at birth and that 60 per cent of the fats in the brain are Omega 3 with DHA – the important one for brain development?
A new website—www.brainfood.ie— features information on the importance of Omega 3 in pregnancy.
Consultant nutritionist, Aoife Kirwan, says: “Omega 3 fats play an important role in baby's developing brain, eyes, and nervous system. About 75 per cent of the brain is developed in the womb and the baby gets Omega 3 fats from the mother's diet“.
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