Metabolic Syndrome and Complications of Pregnancy : The Potential Preventive Role of Nutrition

This Book Explores The Nature Of Pregnancy And Metabolic Syndrome As Proinflammatory Conditions And Explains How Pregnancy Provides A Window Of Opportunity For Preventing The Lifelong Complications Of Metabolic Syndrome, During Which Key Risk Factors Can Be Identified And Beneficial Dietary Changes Can Be Implemented. The Book?s Opening Sections Discuss Inflammation In The Context Of Pregnancy, Including The Nature Of The Placenta As A Proinflammatory Tissue. In The Main Body, It Points To New Possible Connections To Truncal Obesity, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, And Major Obstetrical Syndromes, Including Preeclampsia, Gestational Diabetes And Pre-term Delivery. Based On The Insights Offered By This Analysis, The Remainder Of The Book Focuses On A Variety Of Nutritional Measures And Diets That Can Be Of Benefit During And Beyond Pregnancy. Readers Will Learn How The Higher Level Of Compliance With Medical Instructions During Pregnancy Can Be Capitalized On To Ensure Enduring Health Benefits For Mother And Child Alike. Enrico Ferrazzi, Barry Sears, Editors ; Foreword By Roberto Romero. Includes Bibliographical References. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Role of Diet in Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 3-22 Individual Food Clusters Excess and Low-Grade Inflammation in Pregnancy....Pages 23-33 The Effect of Diet and Probiotics on the Human Gut Microbiome....Pages 35-45 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Pathology of the Placenta: A Continuum Spectrum of Inflammation from Physiology to Disease....Pages 49-64 Obesity and Inflammation in Pregnancy....Pages 65-75 The Role of Placental Inflammasomes in Linking the Adverse Effects of Maternal Obesity on Fetal Development....Pages 77-90 PCOS and Pregnancy: Impact of Endocrine and Metabolic Factors....Pages 91-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Nutritional Profile During Pregnancy....Pages 105-115 Micronutrients and the Obstetrical Syndromes....Pages 117-133 Gestational Diabetes and Maternogenic Preeclampsia: By-products of the Accelerated Metabolic Syndrome in Pregnancy....Pages 135-150 Nutrition, Immune System and Preeclampsia....Pages 151-164 Lifestyle Intervention and Prevention of Spontaneous Preterm Delivery in Obese Pregnant Women....Pages 165-177 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Maternal Diet, Developmental Origins, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Cardiometabolic Traits: A Window of Opportunity for the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome?....Pages 181-201 Anti-inflammatory Diets to Reduce Gestational Problems Caused by Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes....Pages 203-216 Let’s Make It the Real Mediterranean Diet Not the “Supermarket Standard Feeding Plus a Leaf of Basil”....Pages 217-227 Nutrition Around the Clock and Inflammation: The Right Food at the Right Time Makes the Difference....Pages 229-238