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Title: | The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet during Pregnancy on the Health of Mothers and Offspring |
Author: | Sebastiani, Giorgia Herranz-Barbero, Ana Borrás-Novell, Cristina Alsina Casanova, Miguel M. Aldecoa, Victoria Andreu-Fernández, Vicente Pascual Tutusaus, Mireia Ferrero Martínez, Silvia Gómez Roig, Ma. Dolores García Algar, Óscar |
Keywords: | Vegetarianisme Veganisme Embarassades Alletament Oligoelements en la nutrició Vegetarianism Veganism Pregnant women Breastfeeding Trace elements in nutrition |
Issue Date: | 6-Mar-2019 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | Vegetarian and vegan diets have increased worldwide in the last decades, according to the knowledge that they might prevent coronary heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. Althought plant-based diets are at risk of nutritional deficiencies such as proteins, iron, vitamin D, calcium, iodine, omega-3, and vitamin B12, the available evidence shows that well planned vegetarian and vegan diets may be considered safe during pregnancy and lactation, but they require a strong awareness for a balanced intake of key nutrients. A review of the scientific literature in this field was performed, focusing specifically on observational studies in humans, in order to investigate protective effects elicited by maternal diets enriched in plant-derived foods and possible unfavorable outcomes related to micronutrients deficiencies and their impact on fetal development. A design of pregestational nutrition intervention is required in order to avoid maternal undernutrition and consequent impaired fetal growth. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11030557 |
It is part of: | Nutrients, 2019, vol. 11, num. 3, p. 557 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/158945 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11030557 |
ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) |
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