{"id":2805,"date":"2019-10-30T11:33:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:28:38","slug":"best-fish-for-pregnancy-tuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/best-fish-for-pregnancy-tuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Fish for Pregnancy: Ranked Best to Worst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard that fish is good during pregnancy. But are all fish created equal? Which are the best fish for pregnancy? Is tuna good, or is it harmful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn all about eating fish while pregnancy here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Makes for Good Fish During Pregnancy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Best Fish To Eat While Pregnant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a nifty fish chart from <em>Expecting Better<\/em>, showing fish on a graph with the two criteria we just talked about: omega-3&#8217;s, and mercury level.<\/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 best fish to eat are: salmon, herring, sardines, pollock, and mackerel.<\/strong>  These have high omega-3&#8217;s, while containing low mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T<strong>he 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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