Try this to help your little one get his daily required DHA intake, and help support his brain development!

Improve your child’s cognitive and problem-solving skills, and increase their daily intake of DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid that supports brain development.

Try this to help your little one get his daily required DHA intake, and help support his brain development!

The foundation for a healthy lifestyle is built by mum and dad. Parents need to teach their children about the importance of healthy eating and getting the right nutrients in their diets from a young age, because this contributes not just towards physical health, but mental development as well.

As kids exit their toddler years, focus towards brain development becomes more important. By the time children are entering primary school, they will have reached 90% of their brain growth.

Click through the gallery to learn more about the role of DHA, and how you can ensure that your child is getting their recommended intake of DHA.

Why is DHA important?

During these developmental years, it is crucial that children receive the right tools to help support their brain development. Parents should feed their kids a DHA-rich diet as this fatty acid is an important building block of the brain.

DHA assists with the creation of new brain cells and communication between these cells. It makes up 15-20% of the cerebral cortex so it is crucial that children reach daily amounts recommended by the World Health Organization (link).

Parents can help their children reach this by serving meals that are high in DHA content and complement them with DHA supplements.

How does DHA-rich diet look like?

Some of the best sources of DHA are salmon fish oil and cod liver oil. Other foods that are also high in DHA include walnuts, salmon, white fish and egg yolks.

However, many of these may not very palatable for children, so parents need to find a solution to finding foods that are high in DHA that even picky eaters won’t turn their noses up at.

Make it a fun bonding time

One way parents can support their child’s cognitive development is by encouraging and teaching him to become comfortable in the kitchen from a young age.

By learning to cook DHA-rich foods early on, parents are not just helping support their child’s brain development, but they are teaching them how to each healthy that will help them through life.

DHA kid-friendly recipes

Try these great, kid-friendly recipes and teach your kid how to make a healthy 3-course meal for a special day. They’ll love getting messy preparing the food, gain confidence from doing something grown up and be eating a meal rich in DHA!

Appetizer: Ham&Egg Cups

Main: Fish Tacos with Chipotle Sauce

Dessert: Walnut Raisin Truffles

Besides adding these DHA-rich foods to your diet, supplements will help your child reach their daily recommended amount. Instead of fighting the battle of trying to convince young kids to load up on too many fishy foods, try new Scott’s DHA Gummies!

With three (3) gummies per serving of Scott’s DHA Gummies, your child is getting 40mg of DHA or 15% of the daily recommended amount according to the World Health Organization.

These gummies are available in delicious strawberry and orange flavours and come in exciting underwater-inspired shapes. Finally, a DHA supplement that your kids will be asking you for!

Scott’s DHA Gummies are available in different sized packages. Moms can keep the larger 60-gummy container at home, bring the 15-gummy zipper pouch for a quick weekend trip or pack the 3-gummy sachet for their kids to take on-the-go or in their school lunchbox.

Find out more about Scott’s DHA Gummies here: https://www.scottskids.com/ph.

Scott’s DHA Gummies is now available in Mercury Drug, Watson’s and leading supermarkets nationwide.
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