Omega 3
Why you need it
Your daily intake of Omega 3 is directly related to your breast milk concentration.
Your baby needs Omega 3 DHA for brain and eye development, you need it to boost your mood, cognition, skin, bone and heart health.
Most modern women don't get enough, especially during lactation when your daily need increases by over 60%. Your body puts baby first, stealing from your reserves to create DHA-rich milk, so you need to make sure your own needs are met.
We deliver the full recommended daily intake of Omega 3 DHA, because it's hard to get through your diet, and the consequences of a deficiency are not worth the risk.
Our form
Plant: Algae
Supplier: Algarithm
Source: Saskatoon, Canada
Dose: 145mcg
We use algal oil instead of fish oil, because it's better for the environment and for you.
It's sustainable, vegan, lab grown and completely pure - uncontaminated by heavy metals and plastics from the ocean. It's also encapsulated in almond butter instead of nasty chemicals.
It turns out fish were getting their omega's from algae all along, so it made sense to go straight to the source.
The research
Explore the omega 3 research that guided our choices.
Impact of maternal diet on human milk composition and neurological development of infants.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Mar;99(3):734S-41S.
Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in pregnancy and lactation
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Feb; 89(2): 678S–684S.
Perinatal depression: prevalence, risks, and the nutrition link--a review of the literature.
J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Sep;109(9):1566-75.
Omega-3 fatty acids for nutrition and medicine: considering microalgae oil as a vegetarian source of EPA and DHA.
Curr Diabetes Rev. 2007 Aug;3(3):198-203.
Human Milk Lipids.
Ann Nutr Metab. 2016;69 Suppl 2:28-40.
Diet and nutrients in the modulation of infant sleep: A review of the literature.
Nutr Neurosci. 2018 Apr;21(3):151-161.