Lots of folic acid, not too much Vitamin A, enough Vitamin D, weekly replenishment of Omega-3s, chocolate brownies, calcium and protein. Protein, protein, protein.
Anybody who is eating for two care to name the missing ingredient for good fetal development?
Copper. About 8 to 16 percent of women bearing children aren’t consuming enough copper.
Copper? Like, pennies and phone cords and bowls for whipping egg whites copper?
According to researchers, tiny amounts of copper combine with certain enzymes in the brain helping to form neurotransmitters so that our brain cells can “talk” to each other. Oh. In the lab, they found even moderate copper deprivation made for dumb-ass rat babies.
Most of us are getting enough copper, but if you’re worried, here are some copper-rich foods: beef liver, mushrooms, trail mix (that’s a little underspecified and random, no?), barley, and canned tomato puree (that, on the other hand, is pretty specific. Why pureed? Why canned? Is copper leaching from something?).
Most fascinating to me is that humans actually eat – and need to eat – copper. Does that make me stupid? I guess Mom didn’t horse down enough pennies when she was pregnant.
