Human milk incorporates omega-3s as ALA, EPA and DHA, so the IOM proven an AI for infants from birth to twelve months that is equivalent to the suggest ingestion of omega-3s in healthier, breastfed infants. Several foodstuff resources of ALA, DHA, and/or EPA are shown in Table 2. The U.S. ALA, for example, is known as C18:3n-3 mainly because it has eighteen carbons and three double bonds and is an n-3, or omega-3, fatty acid.