{"id":195786,"date":"2020-01-30T22:34:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/pregnant-women-who-consume-artificial-sweeteners-may-have-heavier-babies\/"},"modified":"2020-01-30T22:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:34:32","slug":"pregnant-women-who-consume-artificial-sweeteners-may-have-heavier-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/pregnant-women-who-consume-artificial-sweeteners-may-have-heavier-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant women who consume artificial sweeteners may have heavier babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s a lot of conflicting advice about what women should and shouldn\u2019t consume while pregnant and sometimes it is difficult for mums-to-be to know what you can and can\u2019t eat.<\/p>\n

Just last week Millie Mackintosh unwittingly sparked a debate about whether it was safe to eat seafood while pregnant. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And now new research has suggested consuming low calorie artificial sweeteners while expecting could lead to higher body fat levels in infants.<\/p>\n

The animal study, published in the journal <\/strong>Gut<\/strong><\/em>, aimed to examine the impact of the maternal consumption of sweeteners on the body weight, glucose tolerance and gut microbiota of offspring.<\/p>\n

Researchers analysed 150 female Sprague-Dawley rats during pregnancy and lactation and their offspring up to 18 weeks after birth.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0Artificial Sweeteners Are Linked to Weight Gain – Not Weight Loss<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rats were split into groups with different diets, though all had a high fat sucrose diet (HFS), one group also consumed sucrose and water, another consumed aspartame (found in artificial sweeteners) and a third – stevia, a natural low-calorie sweetener.<\/p>\n

Findings suggested that regular consumption of both artificial and natural sweeteners while pregnant increased body fat in offspring at weaning and body weight long-term.<\/p>\n

The researchers also believe that these sweeteners could also be responsible for disrupting the gut microbiome of offspring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results of our study assessing maternal consumption of aspartame and stevia are consistent with emerging human evidence from observational studies that LCS (low calorie sweetners) intake is associated with increased body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic risk,\u201d the study reads.<\/p>\n

While further research needs to be done to fully understand how sweeteners affect weight gain, there is there is some evidence to suggest it could be connected to how sweeteners alter the gut microbiota.<\/p>\n

\u201cLow-calorie sweeteners are considered safe to consume during pregnancy and lactation, however evidence is emerging from human studies to suggest they may increase body weight and other cardiovascular risk factors,\u201d study author Dr Raylene Reimer, a University of Calgary professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the Cumming School of Medicine told <\/strong>Medical Xpress. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEven stevia, which is hailed as a natural alternative to aspartame and other low-calorie artificial sweeteners, showed a similar impact on increasing offspring obesity risk in early life.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0Artificial sweeteners in Diet Coke \u2018can be toxic to your gut bacteria\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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