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Here's a great study in the Journal Lancet. It looked at how much fish oil pregnant women ate, and then followed-up when after the child had matured. They found that the children of mothers who ate very little seafood were more likely to have a lower IQ than children of fish eaters.
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"Low maternal seafood intake was also associated with increased risk of suboptimum outcomes for prosocial behaviour, fine motor, communication, and social development scores. For each outcome measure, the lower the intake of seafood during pregnancy, the higher the risk of suboptimum developmental outcome."
It's clear that the beneficial lipids are DHA and EPA. We had a good thread going on this forum a few years ago about the risks of eating seafood (i.e., mercury), versus the benefits of the omega-3 oils on unborn babies. Seems clear that some (not too much) seafood should be eaten while pregnant, and fish oil should be supplemented to increase the healthy lipids while decreasing the potential exposure to pollutants.
John- good post. My wife is a little over 5 months pregnant, and I was thinking of having her take some fish oil. What do you think a good brand (or would any work) would be, and how much a day?
John- good post. My wife is a little over 5 months pregnant, and I was thinking of having her take some fish oil. What do you think a good brand (or would any work) would be, and how much a day?
I had my wife convinced to start taking fish oil capsules, but then the doctor shot down that idea (heavy metals, pollutants, etc.).
Instead, she recommended Expecta . . . even gave us some free samples.
They are a little pricey compared to fish oil, but they're made from a non-fish source (algae, I think) so heavy metal contamination isn't an issue.
If you want a non-fish omega-3 source with DHA/EPA in it, you can either take algae or krill oil. Fron the looks of it, I'm suspecting Expecta contains krill oil.
Do you think the bioconcentration is less from the algae or krill source, given that it probably takes a higher volume of algae/krill to get a comparable volume of oil?
I had my wife convinced to start taking fish oil capsules, but then the doctor shot down that idea (heavy metals, pollutants, etc.).
Instead, she recommended Expecta . . . even gave us some free samples.
They are a little pricey compared to fish oil, but they're made from a non-fish source (algae, I think) so heavy metal contamination isn't an issue.
The doctor is completely wrong. All fishoil brands in the US are required by law to destill their products prior to being sold. This removes all harmfull toxins from the product.
I don't get to post very often (too busy with the baby) but I had to drop a line on this one. Here's a post I put up quite a while back, my wife took 1000mg of Flaxseed oil through her 9 months and our baby Mia seems to be super smart.
There is nothing on their website that says where the DHA is coming from.
Yeah. They like to keep us Americans ignorant. Fortunately, the Canadian version of their website has the info:
The sources of DHA and ARA in Enfamil A+ are Crypthecodinium cohnii oil (DHA) and Mortierella alpina oil (ARA) supplied by Martek Biosciences Corporation. The oil that provides DHA is made by microalgae (Crypthecodinium cohnii). The oil that provides the ARA is made by fungi (Mortierella alpina). These are the same fungi and microalgae that are commonly eaten by fish and animals. The sources of DHA and ARA used in Enfamil A+ have been approved by Health Canada for use in infant formulas. If you would like more information on how these oils are processed, please visit www.martekbio.com.
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The doctor is completely wrong. All fishoil brands in the US are required by law to destill their products prior to being sold. This removes all harmfull toxins from the product.
I agree that there probably isn't a real safety issue with the fish oil. If you want to try to convince my wife, good luck. I'd rather just buy the Expecta.
Incidentally, no distillation process will remove all harmful toxins from the product. That's why us chemists use weasel words like "below detectable levels."
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