Food for the Growing Brain | Start it during Pregnancy Planning- Dr. Harish. C| Doctors’ Circle

Dr. Harish C | Appointment booking number: 99623 14018
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Cardiologist | Joss Center Jayanagar 7th Block, Bengaluru
Food plays an important role in the development of the brain. Brain development happens in 3 stages, the first one is the preconception, the second is during pregnancy and the third one is after the delivery of the child. Preconception is when the woman intends to get pregnant. This is an important period that is neglected, because any deficiency in their iodine, folic acid can lead to significant neural tube defects in the further pregnancy. So that needs to be taken care. So that is if the mother has any thyroid issues, it has to be take care of. Also it is advisable to start on folic acid supplement one month before planning pregnancy. Second is during pregnancy. During this stage, IRON is an important nutritional component in the development of the child. If there is an iron deficiency anemia in the mother, it can lead to irreversible; neural damage, in addition or iodine. Thyroid problems needs to be addressed. Third is after the delivery of the child, the maternal nutrition needs to be taken care, that is the lactating mother, if the nutrition is not taken care of, then the adequacy of the milk will be hampered and it can lead to baby suffering. It can lead to not only brain developmental defects but overall problems with the baby’s feeding and nutrition. So once the baby is born, the competent is needed are DHA, Omega 3 fatty acids, iron, iodine, vitamin D and coline. So these are the additional nutritional component that has to be taken care of, particularly 6 months in breastfeeding all this is supplement from the mother milk. So after the 6 months this has to be supplemented to the child. So all the nutritious balance has to be taken care of so that the baby’s brain development is optimized. The baby’s brain development is important in the first 7 years of life, where the brain development happens to be faster. So if the nutrition is not taken care of it can lead to some kind of developmental hampering of the brain.
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