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Fish During Pregnancy Improves Child Attention
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/zIfLaqiW4cw
Children of mothers consuming fish during their first trimester enjoyed enhanced attentiveness at 8 years of age. A Spanish study of 1641 mother-child pairs reviewed data capturing the pregnant mother’s dietary habits, the children’s food preferences at 1,5, and 8 years of age, and the child’s attention skills.
The 8 year olds with the best attention scores were born to mothers who consumed either a wide variety of fish during pregnancy or fatty fish. Eating tunafish and/or shellfish tended to lower scores.
The take home: a moderate intake of salmon and trout with occasional herring and anchovies should be part of a mom’s-to-be first trimester menu. Avoid fish with mercury.
Jordi Julvez, Sílvia Fernández-Barrés, Florence Gignac, Mónica López-Vicente, Mariona Bustamante, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Jesús Vioque, Sabrina Llop, Ferran Ballester, Ana Fernández-Somoano, Adonina Tardón, Martine Vrijheid, Cathryn Tonne, Jesus Ibarluzea, Amaia Irazabal, Nuria Sebastian-Galles, Miguel Burgaleta, Dora Romaguera, Jordi Sunyer. Maternal seafood consumption during pregnancy and child attention outcomes: a cohort study with gene effect modification by PUFA-related genes. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz197
#Pregnancy #fattyfish #shellfish #tuna #attentiveness
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AMVidcast: https://youtu.be/zIfLaqiW4cw
Children of mothers consuming fish during their first trimester enjoyed enhanced attentiveness at 8 years of age. A Spanish study of 1641 mother-child pairs reviewed data capturing the pregnant mother’s dietary habits, the children’s food preferences at 1,5, and 8 years of age, and the child’s attention skills.
The 8 year olds with the best attention scores were born to mothers who consumed either a wide variety of fish during pregnancy or fatty fish. Eating tunafish and/or shellfish tended to lower scores.
The take home: a moderate intake of salmon and trout with occasional herring and anchovies should be part of a mom’s-to-be first trimester menu. Avoid fish with mercury.
Jordi Julvez, Sílvia Fernández-Barrés, Florence Gignac, Mónica López-Vicente, Mariona Bustamante, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Jesús Vioque, Sabrina Llop, Ferran Ballester, Ana Fernández-Somoano, Adonina Tardón, Martine Vrijheid, Cathryn Tonne, Jesus Ibarluzea, Amaia Irazabal, Nuria Sebastian-Galles, Miguel Burgaleta, Dora Romaguera, Jordi Sunyer. Maternal seafood consumption during pregnancy and child attention outcomes: a cohort study with gene effect modification by PUFA-related genes. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz197
#Pregnancy #fattyfish #shellfish #tuna #attentiveness