Pali zolemba zasayansi zopitilira 262 zomwe zikuphunzira zotsatira za zakudya izi pamimba.¹ : palibe chomwe chinawonetsa kuwonjezeka kwa zolakwika zazikulu mwa ana, ndipo mmodzi yekha anasonyeza pang'ono kuchuluka chiopsezo hypostadias (kuwonongeka kwa mbolo) mwa mwana wamwamuna wa mayi zamasamba. Maphunziro asanu asonyeza kubadwa kochepa kwa ana a amayi osadya zamasamba, koma maphunziro awiri asonyeza zotsatira zosiyana. Kutalika kwa mimba, kumbali ina, kumakhalabe komweko kaya ndiwe zamasamba kapena ayi.

Maphunziro asanu ndi anayi adawunikira kuopsa kwa vitamini B12 ndi kusowa kwachitsulo kwa amayi omwe ali ndi pakati. Pamapeto pake, zakudya zamasamba ndi zamasamba zitha kuonedwa ngati zotetezeka, bola ngati chisamaliro chikuperekedwa pakufunika kwa mavitamini (makamaka vitamini B12) ndi kufufuza zinthu (makamaka chitsulo). Kafukufuku wina wasonyeza kuti odyetsera zamasamba oyembekezera ali ndi mayamwidwe abwino kwambiri a magnesium, omwe amatha kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa kukokana kwa ng'ombe mu trimester yachitatu.².

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