Sentences with phrase «fat diet of the mother»

Publishing in the journal Cell a group of scientists have published their research working on mice which reports that a high fat diet of the mother can bring about a shift in gut microbes that negatively impacts the social behaviour of the offspring mice.

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A breastfeeding mother should eat a healthy, whole foods diet and avoid junk foods and hydrogenated fats («trans fats» reduce the quality of fats in mom's milk).

The milk fat of a lactating mother is made up of these stores as well as her current diet.»

Pancreatin is taken by the mother to breakdown fats in food Mom eats, allowing you to expand your choices of diet without causing tummy trouble for your little one.

The carbohydrate, protein, fat, calcium and iron contents do not change much even if the mother is short of these in her diet.

Fertility tests of the mice in adulthood showed that those whose mothers had been fed a high - fat diet while breastfeeding had decreased litter size, longer duration from mating to date of birth and impaired pregnancy rate in both female and male mice.

The male offspring of mothers fed the high - fat diet showed altered gene expression in the hippocampus which persisted through adulthood.

The offspring of mothers fed the high - fat diet also weighed more, ate more, and had a stronger preference for high - fat foods.

Research has shown that a mother's diet during pregnancy, particularly one that is high - fat, may program her baby for future risk of certain diseases such as diabetes.

Offspring of the monkey moms on the high - fat diet ate more of a delicious high - fat and high - sugar food than the offspring of control - diet - fed mothers.

When Rivera examined the brains of the offspring, she found that monkeys whose mothers ate high - fat diets may have a reduced number of neurons that release the chemical messenger dopamine.

Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation may prime offspring for weight gain and obesity later in life, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers, who looked at rats whose mothers consumed a high - fat diet and found that the offspring's feeding controls and feelings of fullness did not function normally.

In both human and laboratory studies, the offspring of mothers who are obese or consume a high - fat diet during pregnancy are much more likely to be overweight and have weight - related problems such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes and heart disease later in life.

The rats taking the supplement ate less, and both baby and mother had a lower percentage of body fat — 33 percent for mom and 30 per cent for newborn — compared to the rats that ate the same diet but with no supplement.

Fertility tests of the mice in adulthood showed that those whose mothers had been fed a high - fat diet while breastfeeding had decreased litter size, longer duration from mating to date of birth and impaired pregnancy rate in both female and male mice.

The researchers then assessed the impact of this on both the metabolism of the mother and her levels of body fat, compared to mice which were fed a more balanced diet.

The gut microbiomes of babies born to mothers who ate a high - fat diet during pregnancy were different from those of babies whose mothers who did not.

Few of us would complain to an infant that it is getting too much fat in its diet — mother's milk is 52 percent fat — or that it needs a wider variety of foods.

Also, none of the mothers I know who followed a Paleo diet gained excessive body fat.

Breastfeeding, the diet of the breastfeeding mother; organ meats; fat soluble vitamins (especially those from pastured and wild animals); consumption of naturally - raised and raw, cultured dairy products; fermented and fresh vegetables; fermented or sprouted grains, all play a part in a diet that produces health throughout life and for many generations as Dr. Price discovered.

While protein levels in human milk remain constant at about 11 percent under various conditions, levels of fat and lactose — both essential for the development of the nervous system — vary widely.22 Even the various anti-inflammatory and antibacterial compounds in a mother's milk vary markedly according to her diet.23

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27