High-fructose diet during pregnancy may harm placenta, restrict fetal growth

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Consuming a high-fructose diet during pregnancy may cause defects in the placenta and restrict fetal growth, potentially increasing a baby’s risk for metabolic health problems later in life, according to research in mice and people by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. However, giving the mice allopurinol, a generic drug […]

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