Why pregnant women must avoid potato chips

During pregnancy, women often crave for a lot of food that may not be healthy. But somehow, nothing that they want to eat seems wrong because of the gereral belief that during pregnancy cravings must not be suppressed. According to a recent study, pregnant women should avoid eating too much vegetable oil and potato chips as it may result in an increased risk of pregnancy complications and poor development of the baby.
The study says that potato chips and vegetable oil contains omega 6 fats, particularly linoleic acid, and overconsumption of this nutrient can promote inflammation and may be associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
Published in The Journal of Physiology, the study found that eating a diet with three times the recommended daily intake of linoleic acid might be harmful in pregnancy.
It is important to note that when humans eat a diet rich in linoleic acid, the diet also tends to be high in fat, sugar, and salt. This is another reason experts recommend expecting women to avoid excess consumption of chips and vegetable oil.
The study also talked about the after-effects of excess consumption food rich in linoleic acid that included altered concentrations of inflammatory proteins in the liver and increased concentrations of a protein that can cause contraction of the uterus.