A new groundbreaking study has found that limiting sugar exposure early on in kids can reduce their risk of getting diabetes , hypertension, and high blood pressure later in life. The research found that the restrictions should be made as early as the first 1,000 days after the baby is conceived, yes including the 9 months that they are in the womb. (Also Read | Virat Kohli's diet secrets to staying fit on his 36th birthday: ‘90 per cent of my food is all steamed, boiled’ ) The study was published in Science and led by researchers from the University of Southern California, McGill University, and UC Berkeley.
It found that children who experienced sugar restrictions during their first 1,000 days after conception had up to 35 per cent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and 20 per cent less risk of hypertension in middle age, and delayed disease onset by 4 and 2 years. Sugar intake restrictions during wartime The researchers used contemporary data from the UK Biobank to study the effect of exposure to sugar restrictions early in life. The health outcomes were monitored in adults conceived just before and after Britain’s post-World War II sugar rationing program.
They analysed data from over 60,000 participants born between October 1951 and March 1956. Rationing was in effect during the war and ended in September 1953. Tadeja Gracner from the University of Southern California said , “Studying the long-term effects of added sugar on health is challenging.
It is hard.