Omega 3 fatty acids during pregnancy improve child intelligence

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Taking a supplement containing Omega-3 fatty acids, like Pharmaton^® Matruelle, during pregnancy and while breastfeeding has been shown to improve a child’s intelligence when compared to children whose mothers didn’t take it. This graph shows the impact on 4 year old children.

341 pregnant women were recruited at week 18 of pregnancy to take either Omega-3 fatty acids or corn oil until 3 months after delivery. Children who were born from mothers who had taken Omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and breastfeeding scored higher on measurement of child's intelligence (a Mental Processing Composite Test) at 4 years of age as compared with children whose mothers had taken corn oil.

Maternal intake of Omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and breastfeeding is favourable for children´s growing brain development and is an essential ingredient within Pharmaton^® Matruelle.

Reprinted from: Pediatrics 111(1), Helland IB, Smith L, Saarem K, Saugstad OD, Drevon CA. Maternal supplementation with long-chain omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation augments children's IQ at 4 years of age, 2003; 39-44, with permission from the American Academy of Pediatrics.