Excess Vitamins or Imbalance of Folic Acid and Choline in the Gestational Diet Alter the Gut Microbiota and Obesogenic Effects in Wistar Rat Offspring

Excess vitamin intake during pregnancy leads to obesogenic phenotypes, and folic acid accounts for many of these effects in male, but not in female, offspring. These outcomes may be modulated by another methyl nutrient choline and attributed to the gut microbiota. Pregnant Wistar rats were fed an AI...

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Main Authors: Ulrik N. Mjaaseth, Jackson C. Norris, Niklas D. J. Aardema, Madison L. Bunnell, Robert E. Ward, Korry J. Hintze, Clara E. Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/12/4510