use of specific carbohydrate systems during pregnancy to effect offspring

摘要

Summary “Use of specific carbohydrate systems during pregnancy to effect offspring” This description relates to a combination of carbohydrates (a slow simple carbohydrate digestion rate, a complex carbohydrate, a nonabsorbent carbohydrate and an undigestible oligosaccharide) to Use in a method of treating a pregnant woman wherein the method results in an improvement in the health of the offspring of the pregnant woman. The description also relates to the use of the carbohydrate combination for the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of a pregnant woman wherein the treatment results in an improvement in the health of the pregnant woman's offspring. The improvement may be a reduction of at least one long-term adverse health effect and / or an improvement in lean body mass development and offspring formation. Carbohydrate combination can also be given to women during lactation to further improve the health of the offspring.