Welcome to Nutrition Facts.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger, and I'm here to ask you, what is the most important

decision you'll make today?

Is it how you'll get to work, who you'll set up a meeting with, what friends you'll

call for lunch?

Well, as it turns out, probably the most important decision you'll make today is what to eat.

What we eat on a day-to-day basis is the number one determinant of our health and longevity.

Literally, most premature deaths in the United States are preventable and related to nutrition.

So we're going to explore some smart nutrition choices based naturally on facts.

Here we refer to the science, the research, the available data published in the peer-reviewed

medical literature right now.

That's why I wrote my book How Not To Die and why I created my non-profit site NutritionFacts.org.

And now, this podcast.

Today we're going to discuss the potential health benefits associated with long-chain Omega-3

fatty acid intake found primarily in seafoods.

These benefits may include boosting the health and intelligence of unborn babies, though

the mercury in fish may significantly decrease IQ.

A risk-benefit analysis of 33 fish species contrasts the brain-boosting effects of the long-chain

Omega-3 DHA with the brain damaging effects of mercury to determine the net effect on intelligence.

Here's the story.

Just because fish-eating mothers may give birth to children with smaller brains doesn't

necessarily mean their children will grow up with neurological defects, but using real-time

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