Good new! Eating foods with choline during pregnancy may boost baby’s memory and brain skills

Maternal consumption of choline rich foods like lean red meat, fish, poultry and legumes daily during the last trimester of pregnancy improved the kids' processing speed and visuospatial memory at the age of four, seven, 10 and 13 months.

By: Agencies | | Updated: January 6, 2018 2:30 pm

यूनिसेफ की एक रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक प्रदूषण भ्रूण की सेहत पर खतरनाक असर डाल सकता है। यह खतरनाक रिपोर्ट संकेत देती है कि तुरंत कुछ कदम उठाने और सावधानी बरतना शुरु करने की ज़रूरत है। यहां हम लिख रहे हैं हवा में बढ़ते प्रदूषण के कुछ भयावह प्रभावों के बारे में जो आपके पेट में पल रहे बच्चे की सेहत पर बुरी तरह असर कर सकता है।

Want to have smarter kids? Eating foods such as egg yolks, nuts and cruciferous vegetables — that are rich in nutrient choline — during pregnancy can boost your kids’ memory and brain skills, a study has found. The study suggested that maternal consumption of choline rich foods like lean red meat, fish, poultry and legumes daily during the last trimester of pregnancy improved the kids’ processing speed and visuospatial memory at the age of four, seven, 10 and 13 months. “In animal models using rodents, there’s widespread agreement that supplementing the maternal diet with additional amounts of this single nutrient has lifelong benefits on offspring cognitive function. Our study provides some evidence that a similar result is found in humans,” said Marie Caudill, Professor at the Cornell University in New York, US. Also Read - Genes linked to common brain disorder, Chiari 1 malformation, identified

The finding, published in The FASEB Journal, is important because choline is in high demand during pregnancy yet most women consume less than the recommended 450 milligrams per day. But, eating choline rich foods close to twice than the recommended amount daily during the last trimester of pregnancy helps in producing optimal cognitive abilities, the researchers said. For the study, the team divided pregnant women in two groups. While the first group consumed 930 mg per day, the second group consumed 480 mg per day. While children in both groups showed cognitive benefits, higher brain development was significantly faster for the first group, the results showed.Another research done recently showed that eating eggs, peanuts and shellfish during pregnancy may help in protecting the new born from food allergy symptoms, says a recent study. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have shown that pregnant mice, exposed to egg, transferred protective antibodies to their offsprings through their breast milk. Also Read - Have more red wine and cheese to enjoy better cognitive health in old age

This research in mice reinforces recent guidance that women should not avoid allergenic foods while they are pregnant or breastfeeding. The research indicated that a mother’s diet can protect nursing newborns against food allergies. Researcher Dr. James R. Baker said that this elegantly designed and controlled study shows that mothers should feel free to eat a healthy and diverse diet throughout pregnancy and while breastfeeding. “Eating a range of nutritious foods during pregnancy and breastfeeding will not promote food allergies in developing babies, and may protect them from food allergy,” Baker added. Also Read - Dos and Don'ts of prenatal yoga to keep in mind for a safe pregnancy

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Published : January 6, 2018 2:29 pm | Updated:January 6, 2018 2:30 pm

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