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Breastfeeding
Moderate exercise safe, beneficial for nursing moms
July 21st, 2005
Breastfeeding women who consume diets containing adequate amounts of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids can safely engage in moderate exercise without decreasing the amount of the fatty acids in their breast milk that is essential for their infants' growth and development. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFA, are found in vegetable oils, seeds, nuts, and fatty fish like salmon and tuna. Because exercise increases the body's "mobilization and utilization of fatty acids," researchers at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, asked whether "maternal activity may also influence the amount of long-chain PUFA in breast milk." In a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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