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08/11/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

New study finds that nutrition deficiencies in the womb can affect multiple generations

The effects of poor nutrition are not limited to a single generation. A new study published in The FASEB Journal has suggested that parents who received inadequate nutrition in the womb can impact their own children’s growth. Specifically, mothers who were malnourished in utero can bear smaller babies, while fathers who experienced the same nutritional […]

07/23/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Fish oil supplements during pregnancy found to reduce diabetes risk in offspring

New Zealand researchers have found that pregnant mice who took fresh fish oil protected their offspring from developing diabetes later on in life. Pups born to mothers whose diets included omega-3 fatty acids were observed to have higher levels of insulin resistance — a good indication, the team said, of a reduced diabetes risk. Still, […]

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