Pregnant women who consume a lot of junk food during pregnancy are not only detrimental to health. The latest finding shows that unhealthy eating patterns in pregnant women at risk of breast cancer bequeath to children and their offspring as an adult. Conditions in the womb affect the health of future generations.
Breast cancer that claimed 1000 lives a month in the world to remind the importance of healthy dietary pattern set during pregnancy. Research conducted on mice revealed, fatty foods and junk food during pregnancy increases the risk of breast cancer in second generation up to 60 percent.
Junk food raises levels of estrogen, a hormone that triggers the growth of breast tumors. Uterus too slowly mutated gene called Epigenetic, and is derived from mother to child and grandchild. Pregnant women should eat a balanced diet because they can affect the health of their children and grandchildren in the future.
Pregnant women should add an extra 200 calories per day with consumption of five servings of fruits and vegetables every day, and multiply the consumption of rice grains, (more…)



