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Low-Sugar Diet Early in Life Linked to 46% Lower Alzheimer's Risk - ScienceAlert
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A study of UK Biobank data suggests that reduced sugar intake during the first 1,000 days of life is linked to a significantly lower risk of Alzheimer's and dementia later in life. Researchers utilized post-WWII sugar rationing as a natural experiment to observe these long-term health outcomes.
Add ScienceAlert on Google (carlofranco/Canva) Sweet foods can be offered as a reward from the earliest stages of life. Yet the sugar we consume before we can even speak may leave traces in our brains that last for decades.
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