Badditives! by Linda Bonvie

Author:Linda Bonvie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2016-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

New research points to risks of a “fetal-HFCS syndrome”

Just when it seemed the flood of recent research about how HFCS affects our bodies and minds couldn’t get any worse, two more studies released just prior to the completion of this book showed it can also jeopardize the future health of unborn babies.

In one study, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in February of 2016, pregnant mice were given either water or a fructose solution to drink. Their offspring, all of whom were fed regular chow, were then subjected to a series of tests once they became a year old. The study found that hypertension, insulin resistance, and obesity—all markers of metabolic syndrome—had developed in those exposed to prenatal fructose.

While done on mice, lead researcher Antonio Saad, MD, of the University of Texas Medical branch in Galveston called the study “an important indicator of the effect of the mothers’ diet during pregnancy on the health of their children later in life,” illustrating that “consuming high fructose during pregnancy puts the child at future risk for a variety of health conditions including obesity and the many complications it causes.”187

In the second study, published in May 2016 in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers found that pregnant mice fed a high-fructose diet, in addition to having higher levels of triglycerides and uric acid, had smaller fetuses and larger placentas than those fed standard chow. This, according to senior author Dr. Kelle H. Molle of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, could lead to obesity and other health problem in adulthood due to the body’s tendency to overcompensate.

Taking the study one step further, researchers then evaluated the fructose intake of eighteen pregnant women who had scheduled Cesarean deliveries and found similarities between the women and the mice who had a high fructose diet during pregnancy, including increased levels of uric acid.

The researchers noted that the outcome indicates “a novel mechanism by which increased fructose consumption can negatively affect maternal-fetal outcomes” and emphasizes “the potentially negative effects of high fructose diets in humans, in particular during pregnancy.”

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