It is not a novelty that the feeding of the future mother influences the development of the baby, and that is why it is advisable to eat a healthy diet, but a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia gives us new data on how the pregnant woman's diet influences the health of the baby in gestation.
The study analyzed the effect of a diet high in fat, another rich in carbohydrates and another balanced finding that each caused different expressions in the genes of the placenta of pregnant rats.
When extracting ribonucleic acid (RNA) from the placenta, about 2,000 different genes were identified that were modified depending on the diet received by the mother, with female fetuses being the most sensitive to the influence of the maternal diet.
If the mother consumes a poor diet, the genetic expressions that occur in the placenta can cause effects on the baby's health such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and hypertension.
On the other hand, remember that it is not the first time that the importance of feeding the mother is highlighted. Previous research had discovered that the mother's diet determines the sex of the baby, that a greater amount of calories favors the birth of boys. For that same reason, it is known that obese women are more likely to father children.
If the effect on humans is the same as in the study with rats, and the mother's diet really influences the diseases that the baby will have beyond the genetic predisposition, the positive is that healthy eating models can be made For the pregnant woman.
In any case, the future mother is always recommended to have a balanced diet composed of all kinds of foods to offer the baby all the right nutrients for its development.
