The development of high blood sugar levels during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes, is known to boost a woman’s risk of subsequently developing type-2 diabetes, as well as putting the offspring at increased risk of childhood obesity and diabetes as they get older. Finnish researchers are now reporting that probiotic supplements may reduce the frequency of gestational diabetes by 20 per cent, according to data published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
In addition to the benefits to mother, the study’s findings may also have benefits for the baby, with fewer births of larger babies. "Based on the present findings, perinatal dietary counseling combined with probiotics could provide a safe and cost-effective tool in addressing the obesity epidemic,” researchers added. Subjects were recruited during their first trimester of pregnancy and randomly assigned to a control group, or a group that received intensive dietary counseling provided by a nutritionist. The women in the dietary counseling group were further randomized to receive probiotic supplements containing lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidus or placebo. No adverse events were reported, and no effect on the duration of pregnancies were recorded.
“The results of the present study show that probiotic-supplemented perinatal dietary counseling could be a safe and cost-effective tool in addressing the metabolic epidemic,” wrote the researchers. “In view of the fact that birth size is a risk marker for later obesity, the present results are of significance for public health in demonstrating that this risk is modifiable,” they added.
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Awesome! Probiotics have changed our lives and I fully believe that they have the ability to help us in so many ways. The Belly Boost probiotics were the only thing to really really help our little boy with his severe Eczema and food sensitivities. Nothing worked to help him which made this a miracle.
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