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The article is wrong about almost everything. As for extremists, absolutely agree, but this is someone who is making claims not backed up by the science she cla
by cannonedhamster 8y ago
The article is wrong about almost everything. As for extremists, absolutely agree, but this is someone who is making claims not backed up by the science she claims exists. She makes the claim that DHA is required for proper brain growth. It's demonstrably incorrect. The author of this article, despite having a very nice degree and a background in the field purposefully misrepresents the science. She's willfully spreading misinformation to further her viewpoint.
Yes humans are omnivores, no one, including myself said otherwise. I'm not sure where you're getting that from what I said in the comment.
- eridan2 8y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728620/ "Most data from human studies concern the contribution of DHA to optimal visual acuity development. Accumulating data indicate that DHA may have effects on the brain in infancy"
- jly 8y ago> She makes the claim that DHA is required for proper brain growth. It's demonstrably incorrect. There is considerable peer-reviewed research going back at least a couple of decades that would back up this claim, even if it has been elusive to demonstrate. It's widely accepted that DHA heavily accumulates in the brain during early life, infants require a large amount 'pre-formed', and insufficient supply is detrimental to cognitive and visual development. A quick pub med search will illustrate this rather quickly. The findings are so significant that most infant formula now contains DHA and ARA, in addition to LA and ALA. Even if mom does not consume animal meat, she still converts ALA into DHA and passes this on to her offspring during the third trimester and after birth through milk.