Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

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-Gal