Women who took fish oil during the last three months of pregnancy significantly lowered the risk that their children would develop asthma, a study in Denmark has found. This new revelation could mean the end to asthma. Doctors suggest taking the pill during pregnancy because asthma is not fun to have.
Key Takeaways:
- Women who took fish oil during the last three months of pregnancy significantly lowered the risk that their children would develop asthma, a study in Denmark has found.
- Doctors are eager to find ways to prevent asthma, a chronic disease that causes wheezing, coughing and breathing trouble, and that sends many families to the emergency room again and again.
- Pregnant women are generally advised to limit their consumption of certain types of fish like swordfish and tuna because they contain mercury.
“Among children whose mothers took fish-oil capsules, 16.9 percent had asthma by age 3, compared with 23.7 percent whose mothers were given placebos.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/health/fish-oil-asthma-pregnancy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0