Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The importance of ensuring adequate choline intakes during pregnancy is increasingly recognized. Choline is critical for a number of physiological processes during the prenatal period with roles in membrane biosynthesis and tissue expansion, neurotransmission and brain development, and methyl group donation and gene expression. Studies in animals and humans have shown that supplementing the maternal diet with additional choline improves several pregnancy outcomes and protects against certain neural and metabolic insults. Most pregnant women in the U.S. are not achieving choline intake recommendations of 450 mg/day and would likely benefit from boosting their choline intakes through dietary and/or supplemental approaches.
Source: Nutrients
DOI: 10.3390/nu11081823
Language: English
Subfield: Rheumatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,026
Awards: G2872477777, G3203815092, G3229446412, Effects of choline on fetal growth and lipid accretion in gestational diabetes, G551435860, G5943715795, The lasting effect of maternal choline supplementation on lipid metabolism in mouse progeny affected by maternal obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus
OpenAlex ID: W2966447898