ea0011p594 | Neuroendocrinology and behaviour | ECE2006
Reynolds RM
, Simonsen H
, Pearson S
, Barker ME
, Barker DJP
, Campbell-Brown M
, Godfrey KM
, Phillips DIW
Background: Consumption of a high-meat, low carbohydrate diet in late pregnancy is associated with fetal growth restriction, and raised blood pressure and glucose intolerance in the offspring. In a recent study in Motherwell, Scotland, where pregnant women had been advised to eat one pound (0.45 kg) of red meat per day during pregnancy and to avoid carbohydrate-rich foods, we found elevated fasting plasma cortisol levels in men and women whose mothers reported higher protein c...