Women with a
low seafood intake (less than 12 ounces a week) had children who scored lower on tests for fine motor, communication, and social development skills from ages six months to eight years, according to a 2007 paper published in the Lancet.
Fish and
other seafood intake may introduce hormones and other pollutants that interfere with male fertility by lowering sperm count and sperm quality.
I'm pretty sure
my seafood intake growing up was generally limited to frozen fish sticks, beer - battered fish (with chips), and the occasional shrimp cocktail during the holidays.
This was consistent with their parents» reports that most of them failed to meet current dietary guidelines for fish and
seafood intake.
Toxic load can be reduced by avoiding animals fed inorganic feed (grass - fed is always preferable), limiting fish and
seafood intake (avoid farm - raised Atlantic salmon), and following the Environmental Working Group's guide for buying organic and inorganic produce according the «Clean Fifteen» and «Dirty Dozen».
In fact, arsenic is used a biomarker for total fish and
seafood intake.