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Dieting in Pregnancy Compromises Baby's IQ



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Dieting in pregnancy can compromise the baby's IQ, especially if it is an unbalanced diet with few calories and healthy fats that are needed to develop the baby's brain. These healthy fats are mainly the omega 3's that are present in foods like salmon, nuts or chia seeds, for example. In addition, for the formation of the baby's brain are also needed other nutrients such as vitamins and minerals, which on a slimming diet are ingested in smaller quantity, and not ingesting the adequate amount of nutrients needed to develop the baby's brain can lead the baby to have a lower IQ