Eating Eggs During Pregnancy Able to Reduce the Stress of the Fetus

Increase your intake of choline, a nutrient that is found in high amounts in eggs during pregnancy may reduce the risk of babies developing metabolic disorders and stress-related illnesses such as high blood pressure and diabetes in later life to decrease.It is based on the results of a study by researchers at Cornell University was carried out. The study showed that choline may help protect against the effects of a mother's stress during pregnancy.

As shown in previous studies, exposure to elevated stress hormones during pregnancy by maternal anxiety or depression caused, children can be prone to cause stress, illness and chronic disease.

The results of the growing evidence of the importance of choline added to the developing fetus.

In this study, 24 third trimester pregnant women were randomized to 480 mg of choline per day or 930 mg per day for 12 weeks to make reception.

Researchers collected samples of maternal blood and placenta as well as a sample of placental tissue. They then compared the levels of cortisol and genetic differences between all samples.

As a result, researchers observed lower cortisol levels in the placenta and fetal tissues in pregnant women who consume a higher choline.

"Throw the results of the study the intriguing possibility that higher choline can use during pregnancy to counteract some of the side effects of prenatal stress on the development of behavioral, neuroendocrine and metabolic effects in the offspring," said Marie Caudill, PhD, of Cornell University as India Vision reported, Saturday (4/8/2012).Choline is important for pregnant women because it has been shown to play an important role in fetal and infant brain development, the areas of the brain that. For memory and learning for life

In addition, studies have also shown women with low dietary choline has a four times greater risk of having children with neural tube defects such as spina bifida.The best way to get your daily dose is from choline, foods containing rich in choline in the diet, such as eggs, lean beef, cauliflower and peanuts.

Eggs are an excellent source of choline, contained 125 mg of choline per egg. These nutrients are used exclusively in the egg yolks, not the whites found.The study was published in the current issue of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.