A study has concluded that both pregnant and nursing mothers should take 200mg of a form of omega-3 fatty acids called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) -- found in fatty fish such as salmon and mackerel.
The committee, the Perinatal Lipid Nutrition Group (PeriLip) and the Early Nutrition Programming Project said it had found that women who included DHA in their diet had healthier pregnancies, that their children had higher birth weights and that they experienced fewer premature births.