Pregnant women are allowed to eat oily fish

Pregnant women can eat oily fish, despite the fact that it contains a risk to human health mercury. Scientists have found that the amount of metal in the fish is small, and the benefits of fish far outweighs any risk.

the diet of pregnant women

Until recently, doctors recommended to women during pregnancy to minimize the number of oily fish   in the diet. It was believed that this product contains mercury, a metal that is a considerable danger to the unborn child brain. Therefore, pregnant women often refused to tuna, mackerel, sardines, salmon and trout, or keep the number of fish to a minimum.

However, large-scale study, which was attended by more than 4000 pregnant women from the English Bristol, found that concerns about the amount of mercury oily fish   at the diet of pregnant women   exaggerated. In fact, the share of fish accounts for only 7% of the mercury contained in the female body. But other food and beverage woman receives 17%. A significant source of mercury in the body are also dental fillings, pesticides and harmful emissions.

So give up fatty fish due to mercury concerns should not be. Moreover, this product has a number of useful properties. It contains large amounts of omega-3, a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system and recommended, including during pregnancy.

The study also revealed that in the use of herbal tea levels of mercury in the blood of women increases. Perhaps this is due to the infection of plants of various kinds of pesticides. A white wine increases the level of stronger beer. But eating fried potatoes and white bread reduces the amount of mercury in the female body. (READ MORE)

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