Baby's brains may be boosted if mom eats choline rich foods during pregnancy

It has been reported by Cornell University that there are cognitive benefits for babies when their mothers consume adequate amounts of choline while they are pregnant.  Choline is found in lean red meat, poultry, fish, egg yolks, cruciferous vegetables and nuts.

 

This study has been published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Researchers have found that babies showed cognitive benefits when their moms daily consumed about twice the presently recommended amount of choline during their last trimester of pregnancy. 

Many women consume less than the daily recommendation of 450 milligrams of choline daily when they are pregnant. This could lead to less than optimal cognitive development of their babies. It has been suggested by this study that the present recommendations for daily choline consumption may not be enough to produce optimal cognitive abilities in babies.