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The black rice, known as “forbidden rice” in ancient China because nobles kept every grain for themselves, due to its rarity and high nutritional value, is now being hailed as a super food because of its unique health benefits.

According to experts, black rice gets its dark color from the presence of purple and reddish flavonoid pigments known as anthocyanins antioxidants that are found in blackberries, dark cherries, acai, and show promise in fighting a variety of chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.

Researchers from London Metropolitan University, England and National Institutes of Health, U.S., suggested expectant mothers to eat more fish in order to bear children with healthy brain and enhanced Intelligence Quotient (IQ).

The Daily Telegraph quoted Professor Jack Winkler, Director, Nutrition Policy Unit, London Metropolitan University as saying, “There has been research which indicates that women who have eaten more fish than those recommendations suffer no harm but their child’s brain performance improved.”

11,875 pregnant women studied