April 2017
An American study suggests it raises the risk of having children born with high blood sugar. WOMEN who binge drink before they become pregnant risk harming their babies, a study suggests. They are more likely to have children with high blood sugar, increasing their chances of developing diabetes as adults… "These findings suggest that the effects of a mother's alcohol misuse before conception may be passed on to her offspring. "These changes could have lifelong effects on the offspring's glucose function and possibly increase their susceptibility to diabetes."