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High-Fat Maternal Diet Can Put Your Unborn Child At Risk!

Updated: Dec 18, 2019

Pregnancy is one of the most crucial and tricky stages of a woman. This is especially when they crave something. Most of the time, a pregnant woman consumes high-fat maternal diets. However, not many people know that it is dangerous for the unborn child. This is what the research team at MedUni Vienna's Center for Brain Research found out. The said study was published in a journal called Molecular Psychiatry. Therefore, more people gained interest in this as well.

The team stated that when a woman consumes a diet high in polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids, her fetal system may overload. It can also impair the development of healthy brain networks. Thus, the baby inside her is at risk. This can also result in the child having ADHD, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. To learn more about this, click here.

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