BBC NEWS | Health | High meat diet 'can stress baby'

BBC NEWS | Health | High meat diet 'can stress baby':

"High protein, low carbohydrate diets should be avoided during pregnancy as they can lead to more stressed offspring, research suggests.

A UK team followed a group of 86 children born in 1967-8 to mothers who were told to eat a pound of red meat a day to avoid pregnancy complications.

The study found the more meat the mother ate, the higher the levels of stress hormone cortisol in the child."