USE OF SPECIFIC CARBOHYDRATE SYSTEMS DURING PREGNANCY FOR IMPROVING BONE DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION AND/OR FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE AND CNS DEVELOPMENT IN OFFSPRING

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to the administration of specific carbohydrate systems to a pregnant and/or lactating woman for improving one or more characteristics in offspring, for example cognition and/or bone health. The carbohydrate system may include a slow rate of digestion simple carbohydrate, a complex carbohydrate, and a non-absorbent carbohydrate and/or an indigestible carbohydrate.

主权项

1. A method of improving a characteristic in an offspring, said characteristic selected from bone health or cognition, comprising administering a nutritional composition comprising a carbohydrate system, the carbohydrate system comprising a slow rate of digestion simple carbohydrate, a complex carbohydrate, and at least one of a nonabsorbent carbohydrate, and an indigestible oligosaccharide to a woman during the gestational period of said offspring, the lactation period of said offspring, or both.