Can eating fish helps in pregnancy to get smarter baby?
by admin ~ January 12th, 2008. Filed under: Pregnancy.
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Even our elderly folks like our mothers, grandmothers and other old aunties know that eating fish will benefits us. When I was pregnant, my mom bought me expensive white fishes like the pomfret, cod fish, salmon, threadfin and other types of fishes and made sure I ate them. Usually, she steamed them for me.
Well, the research datas are all out there :
According to a current study which was published in the ‘Archives of Disease in Childhood’ in 2006, babies born to women who took fish oil supplements during the last 4 months of pregnancy had superior hand to eye coordination, were superior speakers and could understand more at the age of two and a half, than babies born to mothers who were given olive oil instead.
Researchers gave half of the women in the trial 4gr of fish oil supplements on a daily basis from twenty weeks of pregnancy and these supplements contained a combination of both Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). The remainder of the women were given 4gr of Olive Oil. Development checks were carried out on a total of 72 of the babies when they had reached the age of two and a half years.
But moms-to-be, do not overeat and stay away from the deep sea fishes like the tuna and others which may have some toxin due to their exposures. As always, I will eat moderately and eat only what my doctor feels is ok for me. So, don’t binge on supplements and fishes with the hope of getting smarter babies. Instead, eat healthily from all groups of foods.
