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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2015 May;27(2):411–423. doi: 10.1017/S0954579415000061

Table 2.

Nutrients that particularly affect early brain development and demonstrate a critical or sensitive period

  • Macronutrients
    • -
      Protein*
    • -
      Specific fats (e.g. LC-PUFAs)*
    • -
      Glucose
  • Micronutrients
    • -
      Zinc*
    • -
      Copper*
    • -
      Iodine (Thyroid)*
    • -
      Iron*
    • -
      Selenium
  • Vitamins/Cofactors
    • -
      B vitamins (B6, B12)
    • -
      Vitamin A
    • -
      Vitamin K
    • -
      Folate*
    • -
      Choline *
*

Denotes nutrient that meets the principles for demonstrating critical or sensitive period during development.