Toronto, 2 March (IANS). A team of researchers has identified small molecules in the blood, which can affect early childhood development.
The McMaster University team has shown how dietary information, early life experience and intestinal health can affect the child’s development and cognitive milestone.
The team, along with Brazilian scientists, made a metabolomic analysis of blood samples taken from more than 5,000 children between the age of six to five as a part of the Brazilian National Child Nutrition Survey.
He found some small molecules (metabolites), which are by-procedure of human metabolism and microbial firm. These molecules, called uramic toxins, had the opposite related to the development of children.
Metabolites play an important role in human health, especially in the early stages of life.
“Our findings reveal the complex relations between diet, intestinal health and developmental progress of the child,” said Philip Britis-Mackibin, Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
He said in a study published in the Eliff magazine that by identifying specific metabolites related to the overall development of the child, we can gain a deep understanding about how a potentially convertible risk factors can promote increase in children and promote cognitive development.
Researchers noted the metabolites present in the blood that were associated with the early stage of brain development of children. For this, he used a measurement called Developmental Koshent (DQ).
The World Health Organization uses the measurement to determine whether children are developing according to their age in social and mental development.
This showed that some special metabolites, which are mostly associated with kidney disease, may cause inflammation and development in children if there are slightly more.
British-Mackikibin said, “Interestingly, these metabolites are associated with the intestine and brain relationship. That is, healthy microbiom can play a big role in children’s brain and social development. “
These findings can have far -reaching consequences. These can open new avenues to catch and treat the delay of development in children quickly.
They can also better inform public health policies and early childhood development programs, and emphasize maternal nutrition, dietary quality and importance of breastfeeding.
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