Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring
New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children. An animal study suggests that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress — an excess of deleterious free radicals — during pregnancy, predisposing the offspring to obesity and diabetes. Feeding rats antioxidants before and during pregnancy completely prevented obesity and glucose intolerance in their offspring.
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Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring
March 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: completely-prevented, development, diet-causes, edisposing-the-offspring, effects, free-radicals, high-fat-diet, nutritional counseling, oxidative-stress, the-development, the-effects, the-offspring
