{"id":599,"date":"2008-02-21T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/?p=599"},"modified":"2008-02-21T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T16:54:15","slug":"to-fish-or-not-to-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/to-fish-or-not-to-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"To Fish or Not to Fish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stay away from certain fish because they contain high mercury levels. Eat fish because it can boost your unborn baby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s IQ. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a mom-to-be to do? <\/p>\n

A study out of the University of Bristol <\/a>has found children whose mothers ate fish more than three times a week did better in tests of cognitive function. <\/p>\n

A-ha. But there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a catch. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just any fish, but oily fish high in Omega-3 fatty acids, that help raise baby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s IQ. Unfortunately, some of the fish highest in Omega-3, like swordfish, are off-limits to pregnant and nursing women due to their higher mercury content. <\/p>\n

Fortunately, many lower mercury-content fish, including, shrimp, canned light tuna, certain salmon, Pollock and catfish, are also high in Omega-3s. Farm-raised salmon tends to be lower in mercury, but also lower in Omega-3s, while Alaskan salmon tends to be the purest in the ocean. Use his handy mercury calculator<\/a> to find out how much mercury is in the fish you want to eat. <\/p>\n

To get the most benefit for the baby-to-be, pregnant women should aim for three servings per week of heart healthy (and brain healthy), low-mercury fish. You can also supplement your fish intake with an Omega-3 vitamin. <\/a> Check with your doctor before taking any supplements if you’re pregnant or nursing. <\/p>\n

Of course hubby and I want to raise a genius. So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m starting to introduce more canned, white tuna (not albacore) and salmon into my diet (and longing for the day when I can enjoy a nice swordfish steak, again\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand a cup of coffee after dinner!)<\/p>\n

I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lie and call the recipe below \u00e2\u20ac\u0153healthy,\u00e2\u20ac? but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definitely tasty, easy to prepare and is making eating more fish easier for me! <\/p>\n

1 salmon steak or filet
\n2 cups low-sodium soy sauce
\n1\/8 cup lemon juice
\n\u00c2\u00bc cup honey
\n1 teaspoon ginger, or more<\/p>\n

In a baking pan or marinating dish, combine soy sauce, lemon juice and honey. Place salmon, skin side up, in marinade, for 30 minutes to an hour or more. (Refrigerate immediately!) <\/p>\n

Remove fish from marinade and grill for 5 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 7 minutes on each side or until salmon is cooked through. <\/p>\n

If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not pregnant, this entr\u00c3\u00a9e tastes great with a chardonnay like Robert Mondavi Private Reserve. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stay away from certain fish because they contain high mercury levels. Eat fish because it can boost your unborn baby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s IQ. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a mom-to-be to do? A study out of the University of Bristol…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthy-eating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}