Amayi amapatsidwa chisamaliro chachikulu. Koma kafukufuku akusonyeza kuti chakudya cha atate asanatenge mimba chimagwiranso ntchito yofunika kwambiri pa thanzi la mwana. Kafukufuku watsopano akuwonetsa kwa nthawi yoyamba kuti milingo ya folate ya abambo ndiyofunikira pakukula ndi thanzi la ana monga momwe ilili kwa amayi.
Wofufuza wina dzina lake McGill akusonyeza kuti abambo ayenera kuganizira kwambiri za moyo wawo ndi kadyedwe kawo asanatenge mimba monga momwe amachitira amayi. Pali nkhawa zokhudzana ndi zotsatira za nthawi yayitali za zakudya zamakono zaku Western komanso kusowa kwa chakudya.
Kafukufukuyu adayang'ana pa vitamini B9, yemwe amatchedwanso folic acid. Amapezeka mumasamba obiriwira, dzinthu, zipatso ndi nyama. Ndizodziwikiratu kuti pofuna kupewa kupititsa padera ndi kubadwa, amayi ayenera kupeza folic acid yokwanira. Pafupifupi palibe chisamaliro chimene chaperekedwa ponena za mmene zakudya za atate zingakhudzire thanzi ndi kukula kwa ana.
“Ngakhale kuti folic acid tsopano imawonjezeredwa ku zakudya zosiyanasiyana, abambo amtsogolo omwe amadya zakudya zamafuta ambiri, amadya zakudya zofulumira, kapena onenepa kwambiri sangathe kuyamwa ndi kugwiritsa ntchito folic acid moyenera,” akutero asayansi a Kimmins Research Group. “Anthu okhala kumpoto kwa Canada kapena madera ena opanda chakudya padziko lapansi angakhalenso pachiwopsezo cha kuperewera kwa folic acid. Ndipo tsopano zinadziwika kuti izi zitha kukhala ndi zotsatira zoyipa kwambiri kwa mwana wosabadwayo.
Ofufuzawa anafika pa mfundo imeneyi pogwira ntchito ndi mbewa komanso kuyerekezera ana a abambo omwe ali ndi vuto la kuchepa kwa folic acid ndi ana a abambo omwe zakudya zawo zinali ndi mavitamini okwanira. Iwo adapeza kuti kuperewera kwa folic acid kwa abambo kumalumikizidwa ndi kuchuluka kwa zilema zobadwa zamitundu yosiyanasiyana mwa ana ake, poyerekeza ndi ana a mbewa zamphongo zomwe zimadyetsedwa ndi folic acid yokwanira.
Dr. Roman Lambrot, mmodzi wa asayansi omwe anachita nawo kafukufukuyu anati: "Tidawona zovuta zazikulu zachigoba zomwe zimaphatikizapo zilema za craniofacial komanso kupunduka kwa msana."
Kafukufuku wa gulu la Kimmins akuwonetsa kuti pali mbali zina za umuna wa epigenome zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi moyo komanso zakudya makamaka. Ndipo chidziwitsochi chikuwonetsedwa mu mapu otchedwa epigenomic mapu, omwe amakhudza chitukuko cha mwana wosabadwayo, komanso amatha kukhudza kagayidwe kake kagayidwe ndi chitukuko cha matenda mwa ana kwa nthawi yaitali.
Epigenome ingayerekezedwe ndi masiwichi omwe amadalira zizindikiro zochokera ku chilengedwe komanso amakhudzidwa ndi chitukuko cha matenda ambiri, kuphatikizapo khansa ndi shuga. Zinkadziwika kale kuti njira zofufutira ndi kukonza zimachitika mu epigenome pamene umuna umakula. Kafukufuku watsopano akuwonetsa kuti pamodzi ndi mapu a chitukuko, umuna umakumbukiranso malo a abambo, zakudya ndi moyo.
"Kafukufuku wathu akuwonetsa kuti abambo ayenera kuganizira zomwe amaika m'kamwa mwawo, zomwe amasuta komanso zomwe amamwa, komanso kukumbukira kuti iwo ndi otsogolera," akutero Kimmins. "Ngati zonse zikuyenda monga momwe tikuyembekezera, chotsatira chathu chidzakhala kugwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito pachipatala cha zamakono zoberekera ndikuphunzira momwe moyo, zakudya ndi amuna olemera kwambiri zimakhudzira thanzi la ana awo."