Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Women in the lowest quintile of omega-3 (EPA +DHA) serum levels during first and second trimesters had 10 times higher risk of early preterm birth compared with women in the three highest quintiles.
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Women in the lowest quintile of omega-3 (EPA +DHA) serum levels during first and second trimesters had 10 times higher risk of early preterm birth compared with women in the three highest quintiles.
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one of the high points in omega-3 research has been a cochrane report from a couple years ago reporting that looking at 70 trials in pregnant women given omega-3 that the giving omega-3 reduces risk for premature birth especially early premature birth before 34 weeks
it had this this five percent omega-3 index you're talking about in the context of potentially helping prevent premature birth