Baby claims take the bacon

[0iD]

Baby claims take the bacon

Bacon and eggs could help pregnant women boost the intelligence of their unborn child, according to The Daily Torygraph. Several other papers have also made the link between the results of complex animal research and the supposed benefits of a fry-up.

The research in question looked at the biological role of choline, an essential nutrient that is found in various foods including eggs, wheatgerm, bacon and liver.

[matty-hodgson]

so will having lots of fry ups make me smarter?

[arknor]

probably will just make you obese and laughed at in the street.

[Zak33]

Not sure if people know it, but Organic milk and obviously, fresh fish (from the acceptable list of fish for pregnant mum's), help massively with this too. Cos of the Omage 3 you see....? and NOT the crap Omega3 put into eggs and into margerines either... it needs to be naturually occuring Omega3, apparently.

[0iD]

Yep, get them pilchards down you, and forget about 'fortified' foodstuffs like bread as far as Omega3 goes. I read you'd need to eat something like 300+ slices to get a significant intake of Omega 3.

Plus don't forget your Omega6 intake too, as so many do with the hype about Omega3.

[scaryjim]

And your omega 9s. It's the proportion of the three that's important. For instance, ordinary vegetable oil (which is usually rapeseed oil) has a better balance of Omegas than the much vaunted sunflower...

[Lee H]

What about the Vauxhall Omegas... do we need to have these as well

It's all about balance really. Eating a varied range of products because they do say variety is the spice of life.

Shame some people don't apply this to their eating habits and just eat the same things over and over again.

[Andeh13]

Does that mean a fry up will help my brain become smarter? Technically iv only been using it for the last couple of months (uni final year) so I'd still class it as at its baby stage!

[Zak33]

What about the Vauxhall Omegas... do we need to have these as well

not in this snow

[Zak33]

And your omega 9s. It's the proportion of the three that's important. For instance, ordinary vegetable oil (which is usually rapeseed oil) has a better balance of Omegas than the much vaunted sunflower...

yeah, we have a local Rapeseed Cold presser who sells lovely bottles of it and it makes awesome salad dressing and cooks well too

http://pemeadandsons.co.uk/products/...eseed-oil.html

They deserve a link.. good people trying hard

[oolon]

It reminds of the joke...

How do you like your eggs in the morning....

a) Sunny Side Up
b) Sunny Side Down
c) Fertilised

[nvening]

I like the way that the newspapers ignor that fact that:

1) most people should get enough choline anyway
2) the test was on MICE not humans, the same mechanism is likely to be quite different in a human brain
3) The intelligence of the offspring was not tested so who knows what effect the choline has on this

One other thing that the NHS website doesnt even mention is whether the ammounts of choline added to the food of the mice is the same as what is found in a fry up, im not going to read the paper so ill just have to assume it is.