Friday, May 11, 2012

Maternal Gluten Sensitivity Linked to Schizophrenia Risk in Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120511101242.htm

ScienceDaily (May 11, 2012) — Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders later in life, according to new findings from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University, United States.

Maternal infections and other inflammatory disorders during pregnancy have long been linked to a greater risk for schizophrenia in the offspring. However the current study, which will be published in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, is the first to point to maternal food sensitivity as a possible culprit in the development of such disorders later in life.

"Lifestyle and genes are not the only factors that shape the risk of developing a certain disease, but factors during the pregnancy and immediately after birth can also be involved in the pre-programming of our adult health. However, this does not mean that sensitivity to certain foods invariably will cause schizophrenia, on the contrary ," says Dr Håkan Karlsson, who led the study together with Dr Christina Dalman, both at Karolinska Institutet.

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