Article: Alcohol exposure during early postnatal period may result in insulin resistance.

2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Perinatal factors (those occurring about 5 months before birth and 1 month after) have been implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes and other disorders. Although the association of adverse events during pregnancy and glucose intolerance has been well documented, little is known about the effects of certain events that occur only during the postnatal period.

It's important to understand such effects involving lactation because alcohol consumption among nursing women is common and there is a popular belief that alcohol [i.e., maternal ethanol (EtOH)] promotes lactation. Ingested EtOH is secreted in the milk and ...

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