Taking Fish Oil Supplements While Pregnant Increases Brainpower in Children

The online journal Archives of Disease in Childhood published a recent study, conducted by the University of Western Australia, showing that women who take high doses of fish oil supplements in the trimester part of their pregnancy give birth to babies who will demonstrate superior coordination and increased brainpower later in life. The study involved 98 pregnant women who did not smoke and ate fish no more than twice a week. The researchers gave one group of women a daily dosage of 4g of fish oil supplements to take beginning at 20 weeks of pregnancy, whereas the second group of women was given 4g of olive oil supplements starting at 20 weeks. The researchers then tracked the children after birth. When the women’s children turned two and a half years old, the res View the rest of this article