arrall
Bluelight Crew
Here is a very interesting analysis of various things to do during pregnancy to potentially maximize your child's IQ and health while minimizing their risk of mental and physical illness.
The analysis includes potential impact on IQ, likelihood that each intervention is accurate, percentage of people that each intervention likely applies to, etc.
It ranges from basic stuff like minimizing stress and avoiding CMV + toxoplasma to lesser known advice (with a ton of evidence) like choline supplementation, avoiding ibuprofen/excessive acetaminophen/painkillers, and minimizing licorice consumption to more out there ideas with poor evidence like high-fruit diets, birth month selection, avoiding handling plastic receipts for long periods of time, etc. Also some interesting stuff on how paternal age affects the health of a child, since usually the focus is on the age of the mother.
The embryo selection seems to be the most interesting by far with a supposed 33% reduction in Type 1 Diabetes and 42.3% reduction in Type 2, but there isn't data on real-world results as of yet.
I see a lot of potential for such interventions, and personally I will probably convince my hypothetical wife to try a couple of these if/when I have children in the distant future. Hopefully embryo selection is widely available by then.
I'm excited to hear what everyone thinks about this.
The analysis includes potential impact on IQ, likelihood that each intervention is accurate, percentage of people that each intervention likely applies to, etc.
It ranges from basic stuff like minimizing stress and avoiding CMV + toxoplasma to lesser known advice (with a ton of evidence) like choline supplementation, avoiding ibuprofen/excessive acetaminophen/painkillers, and minimizing licorice consumption to more out there ideas with poor evidence like high-fruit diets, birth month selection, avoiding handling plastic receipts for long periods of time, etc. Also some interesting stuff on how paternal age affects the health of a child, since usually the focus is on the age of the mother.
The embryo selection seems to be the most interesting by far with a supposed 33% reduction in Type 1 Diabetes and 42.3% reduction in Type 2, but there isn't data on real-world results as of yet.
I see a lot of potential for such interventions, and personally I will probably convince my hypothetical wife to try a couple of these if/when I have children in the distant future. Hopefully embryo selection is widely available by then.
I'm excited to hear what everyone thinks about this.