Study explains why ‘eating for two’ during pregnancy is not necessary
A new study of flies suggests a hormone released in early pregnancy enlarges the gut so it absorbs more energy from food and stimulates the body to store more fat.
July 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: absorbs-more, body, early-pregnancy, enlarges-the-gut, flies-suggests, hormone-released, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, pregnancy / obstetrics, stimulates-the-body, store-more
Study Shows That The Fetal Brain Is Vulnerable To Moderate Decreases In Maternal Nutrition
Eating less during early pregnancy impaired fetal brain development in a nonhuman primate model, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio report. The researchers found decreased formation of cell-to-cell connections, cell division and amounts of growth factors in the fetuses of mothers fed a reduced diet during the first half of pregnancy…
January 18, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cell-division, diet, early-pregnancy, fetuses, first-half, mothers-fed, oncalldietitian.com, pregnancy / obstetrics, reduced-diet, science, science-center, texas, texas-health, the-fetuses
Dietary Restriction Early In Prenancy Has Negative Impact On Fetal Brain Development
A research team that includes scientists from the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) reported today that inadequate nutrition during early pregnancy impairs fetal brain development…
January 18, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: biomedical, early-pregnancy, from-the-southwest, impairs-fetal, neurology / neuroscience, nutrition, nutrition-during, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reported-today, research-team, sfbr, southwest
