A newspaper reported a trial that gave women fish oil supplements during their third trimester and compared the effects on their child’s health with olive oil capsules or no supplements.
Researchers found that the children of those mothers taking fish oil supplements were about 60% less likely to have asthma 16 years after the study began and concluded that their results suggest that fish oils intake in the third trimester may protect the offspring against asthma, however they said there is a need for large randomised controlled trials to examine this further.
Source: "Fish oil intake compared with olive oil intake in late pregnancy and asthma in the offspring: 16 y of registry-based follow-up from a randomized controlled trial." Am J Clin Nutr 2008; 88:167-175
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