Pregnancy: harmful additives

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.

(video in french, English subtitles available)