All Expecting Mothers: Eat Fish and Apple!

According to a Scottish study, women who eat apples and fish during pregnancy may reduce the risk of their children developing asthma or eczema. The study, presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference, found that the children of mothers who ate the most apples were less likely to have wheezed or to have doctor-confirmed asthma at the age of 5 compared with children of mothers who had consumed the least apples.

The University of Aberdeen researchers also found children of mothers who ate fish once or more a week were less likely to have had eczema than children of mothers who never ate fish. However, the researchers did not find any protective effect against asthma or allergic diseases from many other foods, including vegetables, fruit juice, citrus or kiwi fruit, whole-grain products, fat from dairy products, margarine or other low-fat spreads.

The researchers studied 1,212 children born to women who had filled out food questionnaires during their pregnancy and again when the children were 5 years old.

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