Scientists used detailed food frequency questionnaires completed at around 25 weeks of pregnancy to assign each mother an EDII score based on the inflammatory potential of her diet. Higher scores ...

A large, population-based study shows that pregnant women who consume a diet high in foods that promote low-grade inflammation increase their child’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes.

On the other hand, pregnant women had lower inflammatory diet scores if they ate more onions, tomatoes, whole grains, coffee, green leafy vegetables, dark meat fish, tea, and fruits.

Anti-TNF Therapy & Infertility As TNF-α is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in pregnancy, with potential adverse effects, some investigators have proposed a beneficial effect of anti-TNF agents in ...

A diet high in foods with the potential to promote low grade inflammation during pregnancy may raise that child’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes, suggests Danish research published online in ...

More information: Adriana S. Méndez Leal et al, Maternal early life stress is associated with pro-inflammatory processes during pregnancy, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (2022).

Children may be more likely to develop type 1 diabetes if their mothers’ diets during pregnancy were rich in foods tied to low-grade inflammation, such as red meat and sugary drinks, a new study ...