4.) Baby geniuses
When expecting mothers ate two meals including seafood per week, they helped to boost their child’s IQ by an additional 3.3 points by age 9, according to this study, published in the Nutrition Journal.
Researchers working on this study drew from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released report, “A Quantitative Assessment of the Net Effects on Fetal Neurodevelopment from Eating Commercial Fish (As Measured by IQ and also by Early Age Verbal Development in Children).”
“By evaluating the benefits and potential concerns of eating fish during pregnancy and breastfeeding, the analysis suggests that pregnant women consuming two seafood meals (8–12 oz) per week could provide their child with an additional 3.3 IQ points by age 9. Recent insights from behavioral economics research indicate that other factors, such as concerns about price and methylmercury (MeHg) exposure, appear to reduce fish consumption in many individuals,” reads the study’s abstract.
Read more here: https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-016-0182-9
