Does brain development stop after pregnancy?

Ajouté : 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]Is pregnancy that one time to build the brain? Like is that a critical component versus post pregnancy into childhood?

[00:00:08]>> We are putting DHA into our brain until we're about 20 years old. One of the reasons why breastfeeding is so important beyond the immune stuff, behind the bonding stuff and all that kind of thing is that kids are getting omega-3. They're getting DHA in breast milk. The brain is remodeling consistently until at least age 20 and probably out to 25. So we are doing brain development all that time.

[00:00:37]>> So DHA, can you frame us up what that is? The spectrum there's omega3, omega6.

[00:00:43]>> DHA is an omega-3 fatty acid. Omega3 and omega6 are special because they are processed by the same enzymes in the body. And so when there is a big imbalance between the two, you start to suppress one against the other. And that's why a balance is actually quite important.