The list of forbidden items while pregnant is ever-growing, with alcohol, cigarettes, raw fish/meat/dairy among them. Now a high-fat diet may also be added to the list for some based on a study sponsored by England’s Wellcome Trust and the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Results of the study suggest that women who—both before and during pregnancy—ingest a high-fat diet could increase the risk of congenital heart defects in their offspring if they carry a genetic defect called Cited2.
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