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Eggs Improve Biomarkers Related to Infant Brain Development

[Source: Science Daily]

A study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds infants who were in introduced to eggs beginning at 6 months showed significantly higher blood concentrations of choline, other biomarkers in choline pathways, and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

“Eggs have been consumed throughout human history, but the full potential of this nutritionally complete food has yet to be recognized in many resource-poor settings around the world,” said Lora Iannotti, associate dean for public health and associate professor at the Brown School.

She is lead author of the study, “Eggs Early in Complementary Feeding Increase Choline Pathway Biomarkers and DHA: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Ecuador,” published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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