One study suggests that fathers can give their children a genetic advance on a healthy metabolism by doing exercise before conception. (Photo: Wexner Medical Center of the Ohio State University)

Science always tells women what they should or should not eat and drink and at what level of activity they should aspire before and during pregnancy to ensure a healthy child.

A study published Monday in Diabetes says that fathers could also help prevent diseases such as diabetes and obesity before the birth of the child, and this begins with exercise.

Researchers at Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University say fathers who practice before the design of a child can have lifelong health effects, including:

  • lower body weight
  • Increased sensitivity to insulin, which can reduce the risk of diseases, including diabetes.
  • decrease in body fat

The study revealed that fathers did not need to go to the gym every day before being ready to have a child. Kristin Stanford, head of the study and assistant professor of physiology and cell biology at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, told All the moms:

"What fascinates me is that if (the fathers) do the same exercise 3 to 4 weeks before conceiving a child that could have long-term effects on your child's health, leading to the prevention of obesity and diabetes. "

Of mice and Men

Researchers examined the small mouse RNA in a laboratory at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University. A new study reveals that even though a father's high-fat diet causes poor metabolic characteristics in his children, exercise can completely reverse these negative effects. (Photo: Wexner Medical Center of the Ohio State University)

The researchers drew their conclusions by studying male mice on normal diets and high fat.

According to Stanford, mice have been good markers for humans in previous epigenetic studies, notably the Dutch famine study, which examined the impact of maternal starvation on offspring, which used and reproduced the results successfully with the help of mouse models.

This study also focused on diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

"This allows us to hypothesize that we would see the same results with a paternal exercise that used a mouse model," Stanford said.

To measure the health benefits of human beings throughout life, researchers measured the health of mice born until adulthood a year later.

What did they learn …

  • The mice who exercised freely had offspring with better metabolic health.
  • Male sedentary mice on a high-fat diet have the characteristics of poor metabolic health, associated with obesity and disease, and high glucose intolerance, a risk factor for diabetes.

Fortunately, exercise can undo the consequences of a poor father's diet, Stanford said.

Mice followed a high fat diet for three weeks and some were either sedentary or exercised. The offspring of those whose fathers exercised, according to subsequent genetic tests, remained healthier despite his father's fat-rich chow.

Do you plan fathers of offspring? Re-imagine your "father dad" as an important introduction to fatherhood before you actually become one.

The researchers will then examine how and why genetic changes occur and how to use the information to prevent obesity and diabetes.

Video: more about the study

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