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Inadequate consumption of omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy can ruin your child’s life!

Omega-3 fatty acids — the ones that fish contain in abundance — are in the news a lot lately, and the more attention they receive from researchers, the more important they are found to be. A fairly new concept along these lines is that inadequate consumption of omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy can cause various problems for the future child. Or to turn the argument around: fish oil consumption during pregnancy can lower your future child’s risk of developing various illnesses and shortcomings.

A recent news article alerted readers to the fact that consuming fish oil during pregnancy may dramatically reduce a daughter’s risk of getting breast cancer many years later. Actually the claim is based on mouse experiments, but there is good reason to assume that the results will hold for humans, too.

Other benefits to one’s offspring from prenatal fish oil exposure have been revealed by research conducted in humans and other animals during the past several years:

• reduced risk of future chronic inflammatory diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes.
• reduction in risk of premature birth
• increase in intelligence
• reduced incidence of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, affective disorders, and antisocial personality disorders.

Judging by the available evidence, fish oil supplementation would seem to be the only responsible choice for a mother-to-be.

Link to news articles:

Mother's diet impacts daughters breast cancer risk

Link to abstract of research report:

Does fish oil supplementation in pregnancy reduce the risk of allergic disease in infants?

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of preterm delivery.

N-3 fatty acids and pregnancy outcomes.

Nutrients, neurodevelopment, and mood.

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