{"id":2804,"date":"2019-11-03T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T01:15:33","slug":"expecting-better-fish-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/expecting-better-fish-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Expecting Better Fish Chart: Fish to Eat When Pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which fish are best for you to eat during pregnancy? In Expecting Better, Emily Oster covers the best fish while pregnant, from best to worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>First, let&#8217;s review. Fish have two competing effects on the fetus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>High mercury lowers IQ.<\/strong><ul><li>A 1 ug\/g increase in mercury sampling causes a decrease of 0.7 IQ points. In other words, the average American woman and the highest mercury-exposed woman produces a 3.5 IQ point difference in kids.<\/li><li>Predator fish and long-living fish (listed below) have the highest levels of mercury. The former eats other fish harboring mercury, and the latter accumulates mercury over a long lifetime.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Omega-3 fatty acids increase IQ.<\/strong><ul><li>Increasing DHA fatty acids by 1 g\/day would increase IQ by 1.3 points.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution is to eat high omega-3 fish with low mercury. <strong>The best fish to eat are: salmon, herring, sardines, pollock, and mackerel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a nifty fish chart from <em>Expecting Better<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/expecting-better-fish-chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/expecting-better-fish-chart.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/expecting-better-fish-chart-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The worst fish to absolutely AVOID are: orange roughy, canned tuna, king mackerel, grouper, shark, swordfish.<\/strong> These contain low omega-3 but have high mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The fish you should avoid for reasons of high mercury are<\/strong>: swordfish, shark, sushi-grade tuna, halibut, tilefish. 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