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We have already discussed a lot the nutritious foods and have presented you a list of foods you should choose during the pregnancy period. And we do hope that it was pretty much helpful. However, in order to get a full idea about the things you will use, you would like to know more about everything. After all, this is the period of time when you are becoming responsible not only for yourself but for your child as well. Which means, every single mother wants to give as much attention to everything as possible. The times when you could drink a lot of coke and eat plenty of junk food without even paying attention to many “rumors” about it, are gone, and now you are going to live a healthy life.
As said before, fish is always included in most of the pregnancy period diets which are ever possible to find in the internet. But, most likely you would like to know why exactly it appears in the list? Which types of fishes you are better use? What benefits they have?
Keep on reading and getting the answers of the questions above.
The benefits of fish
Let us first of all talk about the benefits of fish which are useful to get even when you are not pregnant. Fish is rich very vital nutrients, Vitamin D and proteins. It is also rich with omega- 3 fatty acids, which has a very important role on the development of the body and brain. Due to being so rich with proteins and nutrients, fish is lowering the heart attacks risk, due to the omega 3 fatty acids it essentially helps the development of the body and brain, helps with the depression and may have positive impact on preventing the asthma in children.
Types and times for fish eating
While fish has so many benefits, you should have a certain diet plan according to which you will eat fish on certain periods of time. There were many researches held, which are apparently stating that having 2 servings a week is pretty much enough for pregnant women. And there is something in addition to it: having that 2 servings a week, you should be careful to choose the ones which have low mercury level. There are other types of fish as well, which you should better not choose during the pregnancy: those are the large fishes, sharks, predatory fishes. The recent mentioned types of fishes are full with mercury, and though in some cases mercury is a great thing for the development, however during the pregnancy it may have an opposite effect. Too high level of mercury inside the blood of the pregnant women may bring to some damaging of nervous system of the body.
Easy to find
If you already got worried about the fish choice, don’t hurry here. Fish Is still very beneficial and, particularly, the types of the fishes which are easy to find, like the general ones at the supermarkets or at the restaurants are the ones which you can eat. And that list of fishes which are available to you can be very long starting with salmon, sole, crab, lobster and finishing up with Pollock, catfish and so many more. Just be careful not to eat more than 2 servings a week and you will get all of the necessary proteins and Vitamins that they will give you.
In addition, there are a lot of amazing recipes for different types of fishes, so you can make your own and enjoy it at home.
Pregnancy can sometimes be hard and full of questions. And what people usually do is just searching it and reading so many information on the internet. We are here to give you the most important things that you need to know. Spend your time on reading quality information and enjoy the most amazing period of your life.
