Also see: Sodium Deficiency in Pre-eclampsia Nutrition and Brain Growth in Chick Embryos PUFA, Development, and Allergy Incidence In the fetus and newborn baby, sodium promotes growth. Progesterone, sodium, and glucose are limiting factors in the growth of the baby’s brain; whey they are deficient, cells die instead of growing. -Ray Peat, PhD Pediatr Nephrol. [...]
Sucrose (and sometimes honey) is increasingly being used to reduce pain in newborns, for minor things such as injections (Guala, et al., 2001; Okan, et al., 2007; Anand, et al., 2005; Schoen and Fischell, 1991). -Ray Peat, PhD Clin Ther. 2005 Jun;27(6):844-76. Analgesia and local anesthesia during invasive procedures in the neonate. Anand KJ, Johnston [...]
