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Diet Comprising Eggs During Pregnancy Influences Breast Cancer Outcomes In Children

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Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 5:12:02 PM   Subscribe  Font Size 
A new study has said that consuming a diet that includes eggs and other foods-during pregnancy can impact breast cancer outcomes for the child.


The article in the FASEB Journal shows that the 'genetic impact' of a pregnant woman's diet has a profound effect on her child.

The finding by a team of biologists at Boston University is the first to link choline consumption during pregnancy to breast cancer. It also is the first to identify possible choline-related genetic changes that affect breast cancer survival rates.

"We've known for a long time that some agents taken by pregnant women, such as diethylstibesterol, have adverse consequences for their daughters," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal.

"But there's an upside. The emerging science of epigenetics has yielded a breakthrough. For the first time, we've learned that we might be able to prevent breast cancer as early as a mother's pregnancy," the expert added.

The researchers made the discovery in rats by studying females whose mothers were fed varying amounts of choline during pregnancy. Different groups of pregnant rats received diets containing standard amounts of choline, no choline at all, or extra choline.

Then the researchers treated the female offspring with a chemical that causes cancer of the mammary gland (breast cancer). Although animals in all groups developed mammary cancer, the daughters of mothers that had received extra choline during pregnancy had slow growing tumors while daughters of mothers that had no choline during pregnancy had fast growing tumors.
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