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Pregnancy: food additives that affect a baby for life
What an expectant mother eats can already shape her baby’s microbiome, with long-term effects. Héloïse Rytter, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, explains how certain everyday food additives can influence a child’s immune system starting during pregnancy.
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© Script: Jeanne Fenouil and Sacha Tembe - Filmmaking: Jeanne Fenouil (video in french, english subtitles available translated by AI)
What an expectant mother eats can already influence her baby's microbiota.
At the Institut Pasteur, Héloïse Rytter, a researcher in Benoît Chassaing's team (G5 Microbiota-Host Interactions), is interested in how certain food additives found in everyday products can alter a baby's immunity as early as during pregnancy.
This study, of which Clara Delaroque is the lead author, highlights the close link between diet, microbiota, and long-term health.