{"id":31993,"date":"2017-03-29T08:04:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T08:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31993"},"modified":"2017-03-29T08:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T08:04:55","slug":"fish-oil-does-not-benefit-baby-intelligence-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31993","title":{"rendered":"Fish oil does not benefit baby intelligence, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"olive-oil\"Taking fish oil while pregnant does not improve the brain development of babies, new research has found.<\/p>\n

Fish oil has been marketed to women as a prenatal supplement.<\/p>\n

But a 10-year study of more than 2,500 pregnant women found it did not improve babies' intelligence, according to the Australian research.<\/p>\n

The findings suggested that fish oil might lead to slightly longer pregnancies, but that would require further research, the team said.<\/p>\n

“If a pregnant woman has a healthy, balanced diet, then the baby's brain development is not going to benefit from having these fish oil supplements,” study co-author Dr Jacqueline Gould told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Lengthy Study<\/h2>\n

The research, by the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, followed women from their pregnancy to when their children were seven years old.<\/p>\n

Participants were given either a daily fish oil supplement or a placebo.<\/p>\n

The results found taking a 800mg dose of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 acid, had no impact on babies' intelligence.<\/p>\n

Dr Gould said supplement makers had specifically marketed fish oil as a way to boost development in infants.<\/p>\n

She said the research, detailed in the\u00a0Journal of the American Medical Association,\u00a0showed fish oil might be linked with longer pregnancies.<\/p>\n

“What that meant was, there were slightly fewer children born pre-term,” Dr Gould said.<\/p>\n

“We're currently trying to validate that in a much bigger study.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taking fish oil while pregnant does not improve the brain development of babies, new research has found. Fish oil has been marketed to women as a prenatal supplement. But a 10-year study of more than 2,500 pregnant women found it did not improve babies’ intelligence, according to the Australian research. The findings suggested that fish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n