What fish doesn't have mercury in it however?  that would be the worse thing
to put into a pregnant woman

Kathy
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From: Stephen Feldman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: Eat Fish for Healthy Pregnancy, Doctors Say


> Thu Feb 21, 7:16 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Eating fish can improve a
woman's
> chances of having a full-term pregnancy and a healthy, bouncy baby, Danish
> researchers said on Friday.
> They suspect that fish, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, can increase
> the child's birth weight by prolonging the pregnancy and preventing
premature
> births. He and his colleagues compared the diets of 8,000 Danish women
during
> pregnancy to determine if seafood had an impact on early births. "Low
> consumption of fish was a strong risk factor for pre-term delivery and low
> birth weight," said Sjurour Frooi Olsen, a researcher at the Statens Serum
> Institute in Copenhagen. In the study reported in the British Medical
> Journal, the women were asked how often they ate fish during their
pregnancy
> and whether it was in a hot meal, salad or if they took a fish oil
> supplement. The researchers found that women who ate the most fish had
fewer
> premature births and smaller babies than those who did not. Pre-term
> deliveries fell from 7.1 percent in women who never ate fish to 1.9
percent
> in expectant mothers who ate fish at least once a week. Olsen said his
> findings agreed with previous studies which found a link between fish
> consumption and full-term pregnancies. Oily fish such as salmon, herring
and
> mackerel are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which have also been found to be
> effective in fighting depression and in inhibiting the growth of prostate
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