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Tuesday 02 Feb 2016 - 18:59 Makkah mean time-23-4-1437
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Québec, Canada (IINA) - Scientists have revealed in a new study that chocolate actually provides health benefits during pregnancy, Mail Online health news reported.
According the new study, high-flavanol chocolate can boost fetal growth and make the placenta more efficient.
It also decreases the risk a dangerous pregnancy complication called preeclampsia, claimed scientists from Université Laval Québec City in Canada.
Previous studies have produced conflicting results regarding the role of chocolate consumption in pregnancy and the risk of preeclampsia.
As a result, a team of scientists set out to evaluate the impact of high-flavanol chocolate specifically.
The study was a randomized control trial of 129 women with single pregnancies between 11 and 14 weeks gestation.
All of the women had double notching on the uterine artery Doppler. The pregnancy women were selected to eat either high-flavanol or low-flavanol chocolate.
They consumed a total of 30 grams of chocolate daily for 12 weeks. The team followed those women until delivery.
The women’s uterine artery Doppler pulsatility index remained at baseline and at 12 weeks after randomization, according to the team. Uterine artery Doppler pulsatility index is a marker of the blood velocity in the uterine, placental and fetal circulations.
The scientists also evaluated preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, placenta weight and birth weight in the women. The study found that there was no difference in preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, placenta weight or birth weight in the two groups.
However, the uterine Doppler pulsatility index in both groups showed marked improvement. Study co-author Dr Emmanual Bujold, of Université Laval Québec City, said: ‘This study indicates that chocolate could have a positive impact on placenta and getal growth and development and that chocolate’s effects are not solely and directly due to flavanol content.’
The research will be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting. The study comes shortly after it was revealed that pregnant women can enjoy runny eggs again, for the risks of salmonella have been almost eliminated.
For almost 30 years, they have been urged to avoid all raw or undercooked eggs including homemade mayonnaise, mousse and hollandaise sauce.
But a year-long review by a panel of Government scientists has concluded that the risks of contracting salmonella from UK eggs is now ‘very low.’
It states that pregnant women, the elderly and toddlers can safely enjoy eggs with runny yolks as long as they have British Lion kite mark on their shell.
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