The pregnant women who consume fish contribute to their child’s sensory and psychomotor development.
It is what the results of a étude1 led to Quebec by 109 mothers Inuit of the North-Of-Quebec and their newborns indicate.
Specialists in public health in the Laval university, the professor Gina Muckle and the Dr. Eric Dewailly valued the concentration of a type of omega 3 – the acidic docosahexaenoic (DHA) – in the blood of the women and in their child’s umbilical cord at the time of the birth. The acceding essentially comes from the products of the sea.
After having submitted the children to various tests, they noted that the visual acuteness of the babies of 6 months as well as the cognitive and psychomotor development of the children aged of 11 months were bound to the concentration of DHA in the umbilical cord to their birth .
According to them, it is the presence of this fatty acid in the blood of the mothers, during the last three months of pregnancy, that determines the concentration of DHA in the umbilical cord.
Essential to the development of the brain
They also noted that the concentration in DHA in the blood of the fetus was superior to the one of the mother. "During the formation of the nervous system, the fetus has big needs in DHA. He / it even converts other fatty acids in DHA to construct his / her / its brain", explain the Dr. Dewailly.
"These results demonstrate the crucial role of the prenatal exhibition to the omega 3 in the" child’s development, increases the Muckle professor.
According to the Dr. Dewailly, the pregnant women should consume at least two meals of fish fat per week, especially during the last three months of pregnancy.
"The advantages that the consumption of contaminated fish little procures and rich in omega 3, as the trout, the salmon and the sardine, pass the risks extensively, even during pregnancy," conclude the authors of the survey.
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