Endocrine Abstracts

It has previously been shown that protein restriction during pregnancy impairs the physiological adaption to pregnancy by reducing plasma volume expansion. This may mediate the effects of maternal diet on placental and fetal development. This study investigated the mechanisms by which maternal diet interacts with plasma volume expansion.Female Wistar rats were mated and fed a control (18%, n=32) or low protein (9%, n=32) diet during pregnan...