Babies need to get DHA directly from their food—like breast milk—to grow healthy brains. Babies who are breastfed have about half again as much DHA in their brains as babies who only drink formula without DHA, even though their bodies can try to make DHA from plants.

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The study says babies need DHA from food like breast milk because their bodies can’t make enough from plants—even if they try. This matches the claim that breastfed babies have more DHA in their brains than formula-fed ones without DHA.

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