Pregnant Woman who eat less fish normally gave birth to children with low IQs

Scientists are finding that there is a relationship
between what a mother eats and her child's IQ. Using
women in Britain for the study, researchers
concluded that women who eat less fish had kids
with lower IQs than those whose mothers ate plenty
of fish.
Study leader, Margaret Rayman, of the University of
Surrey worked with colleagues at the University of
Bristol to study mothers and children and their urine
samples. In the samples, they were seeking iodine
concentration, which tells them how much fish the
mother ate during pregnancy.
After the first leg of the study, the researchers
checked the IQs of children at age 8 and reading
ability at age 9. That's when it was determined that
two thirds of pregnant women were iodine deficient.
Mothers with the lowest levels of iodine had kids with
the lowest IQs.
"Our results show the importance of adequate iodine
status during early gestation and emphasize the risk
that iodine deficiency could pose to the developing
infant, even in a country classified as only mildly
iodine deficient," the researchers concluded. "Iodine
deficiency in pregnant women in Britain should be
treated as an important public health issue that
needs attention."
While the study showed that the women who ate fish
during pregnancy positively affected the IQ of their
children, there is still a risk when women who are
pregnant eat fish and seafood. Fish is commonly the
cause of many allergies and also the cause of food
poisoning when it is not correctly stored and cooked.
Caution must be exercised when pregnant women
consume fish and other seafood.