Developmental programming of brain and behavior by perinatal diet: Focus on inflammatory mechanisms

This 2020 systematic review was conducted to better understand the level of adherence to dietary guidelines during preconception (of men and women) and during pregnancy (of women only). Another aim was to find out the factors that influence the subjects’ adherence. The selected studies had to include men or women aged at least 18 years […]

This 2020 review focuses on the importance of amino acids that are transported from the mother to the fetus during pregnancy. The placenta utilizes many branched-chain amino acids, some of which are converted to alpha ketoacids and contribute to placental ammonia production. Manta-Vogli et al. state that both non-essential and essential amino acids regulate key […]