Source: University of Southern California
Restricting sugar intake within the first 1,000 days after conception reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes in children by up to 35% and the risk of hypertension in adults by up to 20%. The impact of those early-life sugar restrictions on the health outcomes of adults conceived in the United Kingdom shortly before and after the end of wartime sugar rationing was examined by the researchers using up-to-date data from the U.K. Biobank, a database of medical histories and genetic, lifestyle, and other disease risk factors.