Tag: Mothers

Nutrition for Brain Health

Gut diet link to postpartum depression in mothers

Gut diet link to postpartum depression in mothers
4 min read

Researchers have uncovered a gut-diet link to postpartum depression, finding that eating a diet of soy, fermented foods, and seaweed may nurture beneficial gut bacteria and protect mothers’ mental health.

With the link between the gut microbiome and mental health

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Mental Health and Brain Health

How a Mother’s Mental Health Shapes Her Baby’s Social Brain

How a Mother’s Mental Health Shapes Her Baby’s Social Brain
2 min read

At UMass Chan’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, researchers are on a heartwarming mission: to understand how babies build the brain circuits that help them connect with others.

Through the Baby Brain Study, scientists have been tracking over 80 babies and

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