If You Are Pregnant...

New recommendation says 'Eat seafood!'

Excerpts from the Physician's First Watch "The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition has recommended that pregnant, breast-feeding, and postpartum women consume at least 12 ounces of seafood weekly, especially oily ocean fish like salmon and sardines. Six of the twelve ounces may come from albacore tuna."
The recommendation contrasts with FDA's previous issue of Environmental Protection Agency in 2004. The FDA advised that pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning-a-pregnancy women consume UP TO 12 ounces of lower mercury seafood (e.g. shrimp, canned light tuna) weekly and should avoid high-mercury fish (e.g. shark, swordfish).

The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition comprises of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC.

Full story in Washington Post