scholarly journals Influence of Maternal Diet on Flavor Transfer to Amniotic Fluid and Breast Milk and Children's Responses: A Systematic Review (P11-029-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Spahn ◽  
Emily Callahan ◽  
Maureen Spill ◽  
Yat Ping Wong ◽  
Sara Benjamin-Neelon ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives Systematic reviews were completed to examine the relationships between maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation; amniotic fluid flavor; breast milk flavor, and children's food acceptability and overall dietary intake into adulthood. Methods A literature search was conducted in 10 databases (e.g., Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, and CINAHL) to identify articles published from January 1980 to June 2017. Data from each included study were extracted, risk of bias assessed, evidence synthesized qualitatively, conclusion statements developed, and strength of the evidence graded. Results Twenty-five articles met a priori criteria; 11 articles were relevant for the relationship between maternal diet, amniotic fluid flavor, and infant flavor acceptance and dietary intake; 15 articles were relevant for the relationship between maternal diet, breast milk flavor, and infant flavor acceptance and dietary intake. One article was included in both reviews. Limited but consistent evidence indicates that flavors (alcohol, anise carrot, garlic) originating from the maternal diet during pregnancy can transfer to and flavor amniotic fluid, and fetal flavor exposure increases acceptance of the exposed flavor during infancy and potentially childhood. Moderate evidence indicates that flavors originating from the maternal diet during lactation (alcohol, anise, caraway, carrot, eucalyptus, garlic, mint) transmit to and flavor breast milk in a time-dependent manner. Moderate evidence indicates that infants can detect flavors from the maternal diet through breast milk. This occurs within hours (alcohol, garlic, vanilla), within days (garlic, carrot juice), and within months (cereal flavored with a variety of vegetables including carrot) following maternal ingestion of those flavors during lactation. Findings may not generalize to all foods and beverages. Conclusions cannot be drawn regarding the relationship between mothers' diet during either pregnancy or lactation and overall dietary intake of infants or children. Conclusions Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation may provide the earliest opportunity to influence child food acceptance. Funding Sources USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Alexandria, VA.

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3680
Author(s):  
Mia Stråvik ◽  
Malin Barman ◽  
Bill Hesselmar ◽  
Anna Sandin ◽  
Agnes E. Wold ◽  
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Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation may affect the propensity of the child to develop an allergy. The aim was to assess and compare the dietary intake of pregnant and lactating women, validate it with biomarkers, and to relate these data to physician-diagnosed allergy in the offspring at 12 months of age. Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation was assessed by repeated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires in a prospective Swedish birth cohort (n = 508). Fatty acid proportions were measured in maternal breast milk and erythrocytes. Allergy was diagnosed at 12 months of age by a pediatrician specialized in allergy. An increased maternal intake of cow’s milk during lactation, confirmed with biomarkers (fatty acids C15:0 and C17:0) in the maternal blood and breast milk, was associated with a lower prevalence of physician-diagnosed food allergy by 12 months of age. Intake of fruit and berries during lactation was associated with a higher prevalence of atopic eczema at 12 months of age. Our results suggest that maternal diet modulates the infant’s immune system, thereby influencing subsequent allergy development.


2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre G Torres ◽  
Nádia M F Trugo

Recently published data concerning dietary intake of fat and food sources of (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) in Brazil are reviewed together with data on biochemical indices of PUFA status during pregnancy and lactation and PUFA composition of breast milk in Brazilian adolescents and adults. Potential inadequacies of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) status among Brazilian pregnant and lactating women have not yet been thoroughly evaluated. The data reviewed show that dietary intake of food sources of n-3 LCPUFA is low and possibly deficient in Brazil, and that biochemical indices of maternal DHA status and breast milk DHA content are low compared to the international literature. These data indicate inadequate DHA status among Brazilian women during pregnancy and lactation, but this evidence needs confirmation through comprehensive and specific population-based studies.


2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (4) ◽  
pp. R1025-R1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Thone-Reineke ◽  
P. Kalk ◽  
M. Dorn ◽  
S. Klaus ◽  
K. Simon ◽  
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Maternal low-protein diet during pregnancy is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease of the offspring in later life. The impact of high-protein diet during pregnancy on the cardiovascular phenotype of the offspring, however, is still unknown. We examined the influence of a high-protein diet during pregnancy and lactation on the renal, hemodynamic, and metabolic phenotype of the F1 generation. Female Wistar rats were either fed a normal protein diet (20% protein: NP) or an isocaloric high-protein diet (40% protein: HP) throughout pregnancy and lactation. At weaning, the offspring were fed with standard diet, and they were allocated according to sex and maternal diet to four groups: normal-protein male (NPm, n = 25), normal-protein female (NPf, n = 19), high-protein male (HPm, n = 24), high-protein female (HPf, n = 29). During the experiment (22 wk), the animals were characterized by repeated measurement of body weight, food intake, blood pressure, glucose tolerance, energy expenditure, and kidney function. At the end of the study period histomorphological analyses of the kidneys and weight measurement of reproductive fat pads were conducted. There were no differences in birth weight between the study groups. No influence of maternal diet on energy expenditure, glucose tolerance, and plasma lipid levels was detected. Blood pressure and glomerulosclerosis were elevated in male offspring only, whereas female offspring were characterized by an increased food efficiency, higher body weight, and increased fat pads. Our study demonstrates that a high-protein diet during pregnancy and lactation in rats programs blood pressure, food efficiency, and body weight of the offspring in a sex-dependent manner.


Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Barrera ◽  
Rodrigo Valenzuela ◽  
Rodrigo Chamorro ◽  
Karla Bascuñán ◽  
Jorge Sandoval ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
Adi Balter ◽  
Victoria Vodsky ◽  
Yatreb Odetallh ◽  
Gai Ben-Dror ◽  
...  

Regional differences were found in breast milk composition. This study intended to profile the composition of fatty acid (FA) and triacylglycerol (TAG) in Chinese breast milk and to explore its association with maternal diet. Breast milk samples and data of 52 lactating women at 60–90 days postpartum were collected. The FA composition was measured using gas chromatography–flame ionization detection (GC-FID), and the TAG profile was detected by an ultra-performance liquid chromatography system, coupled with accurate-mass quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer. A semi-quantitative food intake frequency questionnaire and a one-time 24-h dietary recall were used to evaluate the previous month's and the short-term dietary intake, including dietary patterns, food groups, and nutrients. Oleic–palmitic–linoleic (OPL) is the most predominant TAG within the Chinese human milk, followed by oleic–palmitic–oleic (OPO), with an average OPL-to-OPO ratio of 1.35. Linoleic acid (LA) and oleic acid (OA) accounted for 23.9 and 32.0% of the total FAs, respectively. Among the food groups consumed during the preceding month, LA content was positively associated with the consumption of soybeans and soybean products (r = 0.311, p = 0.030), whereas a negative correlation was identified with seafood consumption (r = −0.302, p = 0.030). Negative correlations were found between the OA content and the consumption of soybeans and soybean products (r = −0.363, p = 0.009), livestock and poultry meat (r = −0.375, p = 0.006), nuts (r = −0.305, p = 0.028), as well as cooking oil (r = −0.445, p = 0.001). No significant associations were identified between the LA and OA contents and the dietary patterns. This study confirmed a high OPL level in Chinese breast milk and revealed associations of FAs with maternal dietary intake.


2008 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Arora ◽  
Adrienne S. Ettinger ◽  
Karen E. Peterson ◽  
Joel Schwartz ◽  
Howard Hu ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1003S-1026S ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne M Spahn ◽  
Emily H Callahan ◽  
Maureen K Spill ◽  
Yat Ping Wong ◽  
Sara E Benjamin-Neelon ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Spill ◽  
Emily Callahan ◽  
Kirsten Johns ◽  
Myra Shapiro ◽  
Joanne Spahn ◽  
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