Breastfeeding Boost IQ Baby

WANT to have a baby smarter? Give breast milk since birth because babies who received breast milk have shown a higher intelligence than those who only fed on formula.

The amount of the benefits of breastfeeding for infant intelligence revealed researchers from McGill University in Canada. The results of their research concluded that the infant U.S. drinkers showed a better IQ tests at age six.

However, the researchers can not ascertain whether the high IQ is due to the milk or the effect of feeding activity. Research involving 14 thousand children are the latest evidence of the many reports about the positive impact breastfeeding on intelligence.

The problems often faced by previous studies is the difficulty of determining whether the findings related to the fact that the mother of the elite tend to want to give breast milk, and various other factors related to family circumstances that affect intelligence.

However, recent research also published Archives of General Psychiatry is trying to account for such problems by monitoring the development of children born in several hospitals in Belarus. Several hospitals in the country recommends that mothers breastfeed infants with breast milk.

From the research revealed that children who are breastfed exclusively during the first 3 months - and most also continue until year - recorded an average 5.9 points higher on IQ tests at age 6 years.
The teachers also averaging children receiving breast milk had significantly higher academic ability, both in reading and writing.

"Providing long-term exclusive breastfeeding appear to improve cognitive development of children," said lead researcher Professor Michael Kramer.

According to the analysis of research, a variety of fatty acids contained in breast milk is believed to increase intelligence. In addition, physical and emotional aspects in the process of breastfeeding can create permanent changes in brain development of children.

The researchers also indicate breast-feeding activities increase verbal interaction between mother and child, which in turn helps their development.

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ASI Make Children Smart, Why Can?

Want to have your child smarter? Give Air Susu Ibu (ASI) from birth to your baby because the milk contained a kind of essential nutrients that serve to learn and remember better called Gangliosides.

Gangliosides are one component of human cell membranes, especially nerve cell membranes and brain. To get an optimal intake of nutrients gangliosida, babies are breastfed should receive gangliosida from. In breast milk, there are two types gangliosida namely, GD3 (disialogangliosides 3) and GM3 (monosialogangliosides 3).

Gangliosides widely available in breast milk in the first six weeks of lactation. In early lactation, milk emanating dominated GD3. Once breastfeeding is almost over, GM3 dominate. "Levels of GD3 in human milk is 2-8 mcg / ml. While GM3 reach 2-14 mcg / ml.

"Therefore, new mothers are encouraged to breastfeed their babies," said Ines Gulardi MSC from PT Fonterra Brands Indonesia at a media event titled The Role of Nutrition education Gangliosides (GA) to optimize the relationship between brain cells in infants and Toddlers in Denpasar on Monday .

Accompanied by Dr. I Gusti Ayu SPA Trisna Windiani of the Growth Sanglah Hospital Denpasar, he said, breastfeeding helps the formation of relationships between brain cells, help the learning ability and memory.

He added, in addition to GA, the growth of infants is also influenced by the stimuli received. Therefore, parents are expected to stimulate the children with affection, to interact with the surrounding environment. Gangliosides are present in breast milk were also contained in cow's milk and other food sources that can be safely consumed by humans.

However, breast milk is best food for babies. In addition to the natural, nutritional content and quality is unmatched by milk formula for infant growth, especially to the fullest. For that, if a mother can not breastfeed are advised to consult a doctor or health professional, says Ines Gulardi.

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Inadequate nutrition, Kids Make Smart

INTELLIGENCE children open to being manipulated, especially by a conducive environment for education, said education analyst Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang, Riana Mashar.
    
"The environment plays an important role to improve the quality of individual intelligence," he said, in Magelang, Saturday (24 / 5), during a seminar titled "Raising Achievement through the Optimization of Brain Child".
    
He said one way to do parents and teachers in improving the intelligence of children is to understand the concept of providing education that focuses on child development.

The concept, he said, stressing the need for education that adapts with age, individual, social and cultural conditions. He explained that the age-appropriateness of education related to various individual characteristics are generally based on the stages of development and the development of laws that are universal.
    
Conformity with the education of individuals associated with the concept of differences in each individual, so educators need to notice that the individual learning patterns are different from one another.

He explained that the appropriateness of education with social and cultural conditions related to the child's environment so that the process of education provided is expected to be more oriented towards compliance with the child's environment.

Researcher Research Institute for Iodine Deficiency Disorders (GAKI) Borobudur, Lucky S. Widodo, say, an adequate nutritional intervention will improve the intelligence of a child's brain.

"Must unmet need nutrients for growth and brain function, and other vital organs," he said. He said, the younger the child get adequate nutrition, the greater the chance the child to improve growth.
    
"The level of intelligence of the brain and other organs have the optimum age for the enhanced phase is a moment given the appropriate nutritional intervention," he said.

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Fish Oil Prevent Blindness

Eating foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids like fish oil was able to help children avoid the risk of visual impairment, according to a research review.

As published in the journal The Annals of Ophthalmology, a review of research experts Australia declared omega-3 may reduce the risk of someone suffering from degenerative vision disorder known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to 30 percent more. However, researchers did not recommend any person to consume lots of omega-3 if you just want to avoid this threat.

In medical terms, AMD is a condition progressively worsening eyesight and can not be repaired due to thinning and bleeding around the macula or central retina. People with AMD, mostly aged 60 years and over, usually lose the ability to see in detail. In some severe cases, sufferers can dikataka AMD blind but still have little ability to see.

Some research has been often linking omega-3 fatty acids with a variety of health benefits. One of the most significant is the recommendation that the omega-3 research can help people with heart disease.

Ii times, experts from the University of Melbourne to try to make a review or a review of the results of nine studies on the association of omega-3 and AMD. Nine in total research involving 88,974 participants and more than 3,000 in antarnya develop AMD.

Do reviews like this according to researchers will give the power of statistical terms and more comprehensive analysis than each of the research which only take into account a number of factors likely ata.

The results of a review concluded that consuming fish at least twice a week can lower risk of developing AMD. Of 38 percent decreased risk was found in participants who ate the most recorded of omega-3 than those with little to eat them.

Lead researcher Dr Elaine Chong asserts, omega-3 fatty acids merupaka vital component for retinal health. There is a possibility if the person to lack this substance will be more susceptible to AMD because the cells in the retina of the eye naturally is always updating.

Although the intake of omega-3 associated with the risk of AMD, Chong has not advocated routine household consumption is still remembering the lack of research evidence. "Although the meta-analysis indicates that household consumption of fish and foods containing omega-3 associated with a lower risk of AMD, yet there is enough evidence from the current literature to support routine consumption for AMD prevention," said Chong.

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Many Kids Make Smart Play

WANT your child smart and creative? Begin to pass the days with your baby or your child with fun activities. This activity will provide stimulation for the child's brain.

Yes, the stimulation in question was the efforts of parents or family to invite children to play in an atmosphere of joy and affection. Play activities and atmosphere of love is important in order to stimulate the sensory system, train the fine and gross motor skills, communication skills and the child's feelings and thoughts.

As described expert and child development consultant, Dr. Soedjatmiko SpA (K), stimulation or stimulation from an early age is one of the most important external factor in determining the child's intelligence. In addition to stimulation, there are other external factors that influence the quality of the intelligence of a child's nutritional intake, proper parenting and affection towards children.

Why stimulation has an important role? Soedjatmiko confirmed that stimulation or stimulation largely determines the quality of the development of human brain cells even in the womb.

"The more varied stimuli received by infants and toddlers, the more complex the structure of the synapse or the relationship between cells of the brain. The more frequent and the strength of stimulation received, the increasingly strong relationship between cells of the brain. The more complex and stronger the synapse, the higher and of varying intelligence of children," said Soedjatmiko on the sidelines of a press conference Smart Parents Conference, Wednesday (23 / 7) in Jakarta.

He further explained that human brain cells are formed from three-four months in the womb and will continue until the age of three or four years. Not surprisingly, this age range are also often referred to as the golden years period. At this time, the number of brain cells can grow up to billions, although initially there is no relationship between cells.

"Well, here the importance of the role of parents in shaping and determining the sequence relationships between cells is so qualified and complex ways to stimulation," he said

Former chairman of the Central Executive III Indonesian Pediatric Association explains, stimulation can be performed as early as possible since the fetus in the womb by bringing the fetus chat, sing songs, play songs through the radio cassette attached to the mother's abdomen or recite prayers as he ran his mother's belly ngelus.

While entering the age of infants and toddlers, stimulation activities can be more diverse, such as bathing, diapering, feeding, feeding the food, holding, walk, play until bedtime.

Examples of stimulation for infants 0 to 3 months for example, seek comfort, safe and fun, hugging, holding, looking into the eyes baby, bring a smile, talk, hiding the various sounds or music alternately, hang brightly colored and moving objects, the objects off, toppled baby from side to side, stomach, back, stimulated to hold toys.

Importantly, continued Soedjatmiko, stimulation should be performed every day in an atmosphere of fun and loving. Stimulation should also vary adjusted age and developmental abilities of children and should be done by parents or family.

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