You are what Your Mother Ate: Role of Dietary Fibers

Developing embryo draws readymade food and nutrition from mother during pregnancy through placenta. The nutritional requirements and the physiology of digestive system of a pregnant woman is different from that of a normal woman and therefore during this period the pregnant woman has to take care of her diet for proper development of the growing embryo. In this short review the role of dietary fibers and their effects on the developing embryo is stressed during pregnancy