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08/06/2012
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The use of omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy can reduce the production of an antibody in the prevention of infections in infants. According to a study published in the medical journal The Journal of Nutrition, women who maintain a diet rich in salmon-secreted less immunoglobulin A, an antibody passed from mother to child during breastfeeding.
The beneficial effect and known for heart health and even the prevention of postpartum depression, the fatty acid omega-3 found in fatty fish like salmon, is indicated for anyone who wants to maintain a healthy diet. How are essential for the formation of the brain of a fetus, pregnant women are also usually encouraged to have a diet rich in substance. This acid is also important for the development of blood vessels, heart and the immune system.
Despite all the known beneficial effects of omega-3 fatty oil, little was known about the influence of alcohol ingestion on the composition of breast milk and immune substances transferred from mother to child. The immune protection that breastfeeding provides infants is one of the reasons why breastfeeding is recommended by professionals around the world. Hence the importance of evaluating the influence of fatty fish consumption by pregnant women.
Search - A group of researchers, coordinated by the University of Reading and University of Southampton in Britain, separated from 123 pregnant women who rarely ate fatty fish into two groups. Half continued their regular diet. The other half ate two servings of salmon per week, starting at the twentieth week of gestation until birth.
It was discovered then that mothers who ate salmon in the final stages of pregnancy had an increased amount of omega-3 present in milk in the first month after birth. But they also had a reduction in the secretion of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that helps the baby to protect from viral and bacterial infections through the mucosa.
"A diet rich in oily fish is efficient in the transmission of nutrients for healthy babies. But more studies are needed to examine how the low specific antibody that can affect newborns, "says Parveen Yaqoob, coordinator of the study.
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Original title: Salmon Consumption During Pregnancy Alters Fatty Acid Composition and Concentration Secretory IgA in Human Breast Milk
Where was announced: The Journal of Nutrition
Who did Heidi J. Urwin, Parveen Yaqoob and crew
Institution: University of Reading and University of Southampton
Data sampling: 123 pregnant women
Results: The consumption of fatty fish source of omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy reduced the secretion of immunoglobulin-A in breast milk. The antibody is important in preventing infections in infants.
Source: Veja
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