3 types of fish harmful to the fetal brain, pregnant women crave much nor move chopsticks

Mackerel

Mackerel is one of the favorite sea fishes and often appears in Vietnamese family meals. Mackerel has an attractive flavor, processed into many delicious dishes. Not only that, they also contain abundant Omega-3 and a variety of other healthy nutrients and vitamins.

However, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this fish is a fish on the list of taboos for pregnant women because they have very high levels of mercury. When using mackerel during pregnancy, pregnant women are at risk of mercury infection, which can easily harm the unborn baby.

Tuna

Tuna contains many nutrients, many beneficial fatty acids as well as a series of good nutrients. However, it also contains extremely high levels of mercury, which increases the likelihood of pregnancy toxicity.

Mother can still eat tuna but must stop at a small amount, less than 170g / week for the baby to develop a healthy and safe. Exceeding that level can cause harm to both mother and baby because the mercury content in tuna is high, 7 times higher than other marine fish.

When a mother 's body is infected with mercury, it will affect the brain and nervous system development of the child in the future such as: slowing down, slow speech, poor developmental thinking.

Dried fish

The method of processing by salting and drying in natural conditions is very easy to produce a bacteria called listeria. This bacterium has the potential to harm an unborn baby.

In addition, dried fish has a high salt content, so when eaten, it can cause the mother's body to increase salivary glands, dilute gastric juice and reduce digestibility, causing high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis. In addition, it damages blood vessels, affects the blood supply to organizations in the brain, causes anemia, lack of oxygen in brain cells, resulting in impaired memory and response. slow.

The basic principles pregnant women should remember when eating fish

- Eat less than 350g of fish and other seafood per week.

- Mother must choose fresh and delicious fish, do not use fish with strange behaviors and limit the use of closed fish.

- When doing fish, should clean the internal organs and abdominal cavity to eradicate potential sources of disease

- Instead of using sea fish, pregnant women can eat freshwater fish, which is also a food with high nutritional value, good for fetal development.

- In addition to fish, mothers should add omega 3s from eggs, milk, fruits, nuts, cereals .