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I eat half cup brown rice daily since the second half of pregnancy. I breastfeed my 4 month old. How much harm did it do to my baby considering the arsenic in brown rice? Also what can I eat in vegetarian foods or supplements for increasing DHA in my breast milk?
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You can decrease the amount of rice you are eating
You can take multivitamin with dha supplements
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Vegetarian food supplements for increasing dha invest milk can be flax seeds n chia seeds
If you are too much worried about the arsenic content in brown rice it is better to stop it's consumption
Because yes brown rice is known to contain arsenic
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Dr. Sravya Naramchetti
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6 yrs exp
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Take normal rice
Fantastic 5 tablets contain dha
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Dr. Neha Vashisth
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