Trans Fat Consumption by Nursing Moms May Mean Insulin Resistance for Their Kids, Study Suggests

Note from Connie: Could a nursing mother's trans fat consumption harm her child's health? A new study published in the journal Nutrition suggests that possibility. Jennifer Moore brings you the details.

Fernanda Silvera Osso and colleagues from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil divided lactating mother rats into two groups, one that ate a diet containing soybean oil and another whose diet included partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. All of the young rats drank their mother's milk for a period of time, were weaned and then ate a normal rat diet for 60 days.

When the young rats became adults, those whose mother's milk contained trans fats suffered insulin resistance, the researchers found.

Interesting research, and I hope this is all the more reason for food manufacturers to keep trans fat out of their products (or for people to avoid the processed foods that often contain trans fats).

Thanks to Stephen Daniells of Food-Navigator.com for the tip.

Jennifer Moore for SUGAR SHOCK! Blog