In today’s world, food is readily available everywhere. But is this abundance a blessing or a curse? Let’s turn our attention to the beautiful Överkalix parish of northern Sweden, where overeating customs were traditionally passed down from grandfathers to fathers and then to their children. Conversely, if the paternal grandfather experienced an abundance of food during his slow growth phase, the risk of diabetes-related mortality in his grandchildren increased by more than fourfold.
This intriguing finding suggests that a nutrition-linked mechanism, particularly through the male line, plays a significant role in shaping the risk of certain diseases across generations. Over the past decades, there has been a surge of research on this topic, focusing on the impact of a father’s dietary habits on the health of his offspring. Scientists have discovered that a father-to-be’s diet can significantly influence the mental and physical health risks of his children.
However, the negative impact of a high-fat diet can be carried through a father’s sperm. When rats were fed a high-fat diet for 12 weeks, scientists observed that the pancreas of their female offspring contained fewer insulin-producing cells compared to the offspring of rats fed a normal-fat diet. (The Epoch Times) As adults, daughter mice had an increased likelihood of glucose intolerance, a preclinical condition of diabetes, with a decline in blood insulin levels.
They found that the fatty diet of father mice .