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  • Impact of food ingredients (Aspartame, Stevia, Prebiotic Oligofructose) on fertility and reproductive outcomes in obese rats
    Cho, Nicole A. ...
    Objective: This study aimed to investigate the interaction between obesity, low-calorie sweeteners, and prebiotic oligofructose on reproductive parameters in rats.Methods: Data were derived from two ... separate studies of female Sprague-Dawley rats with (1) Lean (n = 24), (2) Obese (n = 27), (3) Obese+Aspartame (n = 14), (4) Obese+Stevia (n = 15), and (5) Obese+Prebiotic (n = 15) groups. Obesity was induced with a high-fat/high-sucrose diet prior to pregnancy. In one study, human-approved doses of aspartame (5-7 mg/kg/d) and stevia (2-3 mg/kg/d) in drinking water were examined, and in the second, 10% prebiotics (oligofructose) in the diet was examined. Reproductive parameters, including fertility, pregnancy, and delivery indexes, were analyzed.Results: Obesity significantly reduced pregnancy index in Obese dams (60.7% successful pregnancies) compared with lean (100%). Obesity also reduced the number of pups born alive and pup survival percent-age compared with those of Lean dams (P < 0.001). Only 53.3% of rats were able to conceive in the Obese+Stevia group, but if rats did become pregnant, they had 100% pregnancy and delivery index. While prebiotic administration rescued the pregnancy index, it could not remediate pup survival percentage (P = 0.025) in Obese dams.Conclusions: Both obesity status and dietary ingredients affect the ability to conceive. Future rigorously controlled studies designed to examine reproductive outcomes in depth are needed to confirm these findings.
    Vir: Obesity. - ISSN 1930-7381 (Vol. 26, iss. 11, Nov. 2018, str. 1692-1695)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2018
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 34665433

vir: Obesity. - ISSN 1930-7381 (Vol. 26, iss. 11, Nov. 2018, str. 1692-1695)
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