研究表明 孕期吃魚油並不能促進嬰兒智力發育

Taking fish oil while pregnant does not improve the brain development of babies, new research has found.

一項新研究發現，在懷孕期間服用魚油並不能提升寶寶大腦的發育。

Fish oil has been marketed to women as a prenatal supplement.

魚油一直被當作一種孕期補充劑而向女性推銷。

But a 10-year study of more than 2,500 pregnant women found it did not improve babies' intelligence.

不過一項對超過2500名懷孕女性、持續十年的研究發現，魚油並沒有提升寶寶的智商。

The findings suggested that fish oil might lead to slightly longer pregnancies, but that would require further research.

該研究結果還表明，服用魚油可能會導致孕期會稍微變長，但這需要進一步證實。

"If a pregnant woman has a healthy, balanced diet, then the baby's brain development is not going to benefit from having these fish oil supplements," study co-author Dr Jacqueline Gould told the BBC.

這項研究的合著者傑奎琳·古爾德教授在接受BBC採訪時表示：“如果一位懷孕的婦女飲食搭配健康、均衡，那麼寶寶大腦的發育就不會受益於這些魚油補充劑。”

The research, by the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, followed women from their pregnancy to when their children were seven years old.

由南澳大利亞州健康與醫學研究所進行的這項研究，是從這些女性懷孕到孩子7歲一直進行跟蹤。

Participants were given either a daily fish oil supplement or a placebo.

這項研究的參與者被分成兩組，一組每天服用魚油，另一組則服用安慰劑。

The results found taking a 800mg dose of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 acid, had no impact on babies' intelligence.

研究結果發現，每天服用800毫克的DHA（一種Omega-3脂肪酸），對於嬰幼兒的智力發育並沒有任何影響。