After the short November holiday, many children are back to school and ready for a new round of sprinting. In order to make children’s minds more bright, parents are willing to give their children to supplement DHA, because DHA is known as “brain gold”, the brain and eye retina development are very good. However, you know that DHA is not a random supplement Oh, otherwise it may affect the health of children. The following look at the children’s supplement DHA three big misconceptions it! Myth one, exclusive breastfeeding children also supplement DHA I do not know when to give children supplement DHA has become a trend. Many parents will begin to give their babies DHA supplements soon after birth, the reason is: want to make children smarter, to avoid losing at the starting line. However, in fact, not all children need extra DHA supplements. DHA was first discovered in breast milk and is essentially a fatty acid. It has good physiological effects in the body if it is utilized as a cell membrane for brain/retina/immune cell development, but if it is not utilized by these special organs, it is simply metabolized in the body to produce energy. Exclusively breastfed babies do not need to supplement DHA; nowadays, many infant formula also contain DHA, and no additional supplementation is needed. Myth two, excessive supplementation DHA Some moms in the baby supplementation, especially easy to enter a misunderstanding, is always think “less supplementation is better than more supplementation”, more body may be discharged, but in case of less, then the baby will not be suffering? In fact, this idea is also wrong, oh, nutrients to supplement more, but also on the body will cause a burden. In short, if your baby is still drinking milk powder (no other supplement) and the milk powder does not contain DHA, you can refer to this data to supplement your baby’s DHA, but if your baby is eating milk powder or rice flour that contains DHA, or if he/she can already If your baby is taking formula or rice flour with DHA, or if he or she is able to consume deep-sea fish, there is no need for additional DHA supplementation. Excessive intake of DHA and AA will not only increase the digestive burden of infants, but too much DHA will also lead to lower immune response and inflammatory response (i.e., more susceptible to invasion by pathogens), as well as difficulties in blood clotting, etc. How much DHA is supplemented is still quite a matter of concern. Myth 3, taking DHA preparations with high EPA content When buying DHA preparations, I wonder if mothers have noticed another little guy “EPA” it? In nature, EPA often appear at the same time with DHA, but this guy is not a good class, high content may affect the baby’s growth and development Oh, mothers have to be vigilant. Studies have shown that EPA is a competitive inhibitor of AA. When the concentration of EPA in the body is high (not the normal physiological concentration), it enters the cellular phospholipid synthesis pathway preferentially, inhibiting the synthesis of phospholipids started by AA, thus reducing the opportunity to synthesize eicosanoids (such as prostaglandins) containing AA, and this phenomenon has a retarding effect on the growth of newborns. In order to avoid the inhibitory effect of EPA on the growth and development of infants and young children, the FAO/WHO expert committee report pointed out that the ratio of DHA to EPA in fish oil added to milk powder should be at least 10:1. Therefore, to supplement DHA for babies, you should choose EPA-free algae oil or special fish oil for infants and young children with low EPA content, not the high EPA content. The ordinary fish oil oh, that kind of east east more suitable for the elderly said.