Kristie McNealy, MD

I have to admit that when I started seeing formula supplemented with the fatty acids DHA and ARA on store shelves around the time our oldest daughter was born, I thought it was all a big excuse to raise formula prices. I figured parents were being duped into buying these newer, more expensive formulas, [...]

Over the past few years, the omega-3 fatty acid DHA has become an increasingly popular component of infant formula. DHA, along with the omega-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid are the key building blocks of healthy brain and eye development. Despite this knowledge, omega-3s ae completely absent in the IV nutrition used to [...]