Fish oil is the main source of long chain omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid-like (DHA), are all key components of cells and especially of brain cell membranes. The European Commission supports breastfeeding a baby and normal development of the sheep’s eyes and feeding the baby. (EFSA Journal 2011; 9 (4): 2078)
In the NUTRIMENTHE study, researchers investigated how fishes interceded and the effect of genetic variation in the brain. Project partners are focusing mainly on gene cluster polymorphisms in desaturase (FADS) fatty acid that codes for the enzyme delta-delta 6 desaturase and 5th were involved in the synthesis of fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6.
Using blood samples taken from more than 2 000 women at 20 weeks of pregnancy and from the umbilical cord at birth, researchers graded the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and nucleotide polymorphisms. The team provided omega-3s and omega-6 fatty acids for children developed by placental transfer through the umbilical cord. How mothers and children fashion genotyping impact the level of these fatty acids are not investigating until now.
“There are more contributions to the synthesis of fatty acid omega-6 by the sheep than previously expected; DHA levels depend on both the mother and the child’s metabolism, ‘ Dr. Lattka said. “DHA is provided by the mother may be very important.”