The basic postpartum diet is a simple but healthy and wholesome one. One of the constituents of a healthy postpartum diet is fatty acids.
Fatty acids are the final breakdown product of fats in the diet. Fatty acids are either stored or used in the cells for energy. Fatty acids were once viewed as nothing more than a source of stored calories, but modern research has shown that the quality of fatty acids in the body has profound effects on human health.