Yes. Well, if you’re not eating fish like salmon once or twice a week, taking a omega-3 supplement might be a good idea.
Different types of fish are good sources of omega-3 fatty acids (specifically DHA and EPA), which experts believe are important for a baby’s brain and eye development. Cold-water fish – also referred to as fatty fish – contain the highest amounts of omega-3s.
Omega-3s will be stored in your body for some weeks, so getting enough daily will ensure that you have good levels when you become pregnant.
Normally, it’s better if you eat food to get your nutrients– that way you’ll be benefited from all other nutrients in the food as well. The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans strongly recommend that pregnant women should eat 8 to 12 ounces per week of different kinds of seafood. 250 mg of omega 3-s is provided by this amount.
Instead, if you want to try supplements, you should know that a few studies showed small benefits in child cognitive development when pregnant or nursing women take omega-3 supplements, but most have shown no significant benefits from these products.
We can find omega-3 supplements in liquid, soft chews, and soft gel form, and some are flavored to mask the fishiness. Omega-3 supplements are free from mercury. Many of them contain fish oil, but mercury is not stored in fatty tissue, so it’s not in the oil.
Some other omega-3 supplements are derived from algae rather than fish. These supplements have no mercury and have no fishy aftertaste, and they’re even considered appropriate for vegetarians.
You should try to make sure that any omega-3 supplement brand that you choose filters the oil to eliminate toxins, such as PCBs.
