While it's best to limit the amount of fat you eat everyday it is also important to understand that there are different types of fats. Saturated fat found in foods like butter and meat are generally thought to be less healthy for us than poly-unsaturated or mono-unsaturated fats found in oils (e.g. sunflower, safflower, olive oil and fish).

So although the best advice remains to cut down on total fat intake, it is also better to ensure that the fats that you do eat contain more of these poly-unsaturated and mono-unsaturated fats.

Foods that are rich in the healthy Omega-3 fatty acids include oily fish such as salmon, trout, mackerel, sardines, pilchards, herring, kippers, eel, whitebait and fresh tuna as well as flaxseed (linseed oil) and rapeseed. Most diets are low in Omega-3 oils and it's generally recommended that we increase our intake of oily fish in order to increase these beneficial fats.

Two very long chain fatty acids in the Omega-3 family are DHA and EPA:

Both DHA and EPA are important building blocks for cell growth, particularly in the brain and eyes and are especially important during pregnancy and early childhood when the brain grows rapidly.

Omega-3 for kids

The importance of Omega 3 in kids' diets has been the subject of a lot of research recently.

Omega-3 for pregnancy

Omega-3 is essential in supporting the normal development of a baby's brains and eyes.

Sanatogen Mother To Be + Omega-3 combines a scientifically proven multivitamin and mineral supplement with Folic Acid and Omega-3 fish oil capsules to help support brain and eye development.

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