How a low-protein diet predisposes offspring to adulthood hypertension
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
The children of mothers on a low-protein diet are more likely to develop hypertension as adults, but why? New research finds that the high maternal testosterone levels associated with a low-protein diet in rats are caused by reduced activity of a testosterone inactivator, thereby allowing more testosterone to reach the fetus and increase the offspring's susceptibility to adulthood hypertension.