Vitamin B12 deficiency during pregnancy in a woman's body can cause the development of metabolic diseases such as type II diabetes in the child. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Warwick in the UK.
British scientists have found that vitamin B12 deficiency in the female body can be one of the causes of diabetes in the unborn child. This vitamin is found in foods of animal origin, including fish, meat, chicken, eggs and milk. Vitamin B12 deficiency is more common in pregnant women who follow a vegetarian diet, as established authors of the study. The lack of mineral nutrients in the mother's body permanently "programs" the child's health.
The study authors suggested that associated with vitamin B12 deficiency may be changing the result of abnormal indices of leptin - the hormone that tells us about the feeling of satiety after meal. Lack of this vitamin in the female body is able to influence the metabolism of fat, which is the cause of diabetes. Leptin is produced by fat cells in the body, and its level rises in response to food intake.
Assumptions scientists realized, as they found that women with a deficiency of vitamin B12 give birth to children with higher levels of leptin. Thus, there is already reprogramming gene of leptin in the body of the child in the womb.
The researchers emphasize that the indicators of leptin can grow for two reasons. The first relates to the fact that low levels of vitamin B12 promotes fat accumulation in the fruit and this increases the level of leptin. In the second case, the lowest figure of the same vitamin causes chemical changes in placental genes, which produce leptin, which is greater than its quantity.
