Excessive fish intake is harmful for expecting ladies

We all know that the fish contains many nutrients and is highly recommended by the doctors due to its high omega-3 content. But some recent studies showed that excessive fish intake during pregnancy may be harmful for expecting ladies. Doctors advise the women not to eat the fish more than twice a week because fish contains mercury, which may damage the baby's brain and lead to premature birth. According to the Food Standards Agency (FDA), women should not consume too much marlin, swordfish or shark, which are very rich in mercury and other pollutants.

We know that the fish is both useful and it is harmful also. It is useful as it contains unsaturated fatty acids and protein and it is harmful as it contains contaminants such as methyl mercury. A recent study carried out by researchers concluded that women carrying a baby who ate on a regular basis oily fish had high levels of mercury in their bodies.So women carrying a child should not eat too much of oily fish at the time of pregnancy rather they can eat moderate amount of fish. They can eat only two fish meals a week and if they want to increase the levels of proteins and omega-3 essential fatty acids to take oil fish supplements. Also for vitamin A women should take supplements that contain adequate amount of vitamin A, because excess of everything is bad.

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