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It makes sense because pregnancy, when your estrogen just goes through the roof. These omega-3 fatty acids play a very important role in brain development. Women are supposed to be converting any ALA they can into the longer-chain omega-3 fatty acids. So estrogen does affect that
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so estrogen really uh plays a big role in increasing the conversion of ala into EPA and DHA
And on top of that, you know, I would say the one saving grace there is that estrogen does dramatically increase that conversion. It makes it, well, I mean, it's like up to 20% better. And so, this is probably because DHA is so important for brain development.