Lower sugar intake before age 2 may help prevent diabetes, researchers found.
in the first 1,000 days of a baby's life -- from conception to age 2 -- can help protect them against health risks later on in life, according to a new study.Thursday in the journal Science, found that avoiding sugar early in life reduced the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 35% and high blood pressure by 20%, while also delaying the onset of those diseases by four and two years, respectively.
The most important time to limit sugar intake was found to be during pregnancy and after the infant is six months of age, when solid foods are typically introduced, according to the study, led by researchers at the University of Southern California. For the study, researchers looked at the health records of more than 60,000 people in the United Kingdom, nearly half of whom lived under the country's sugar rationing period during World War II. Following the war, when rationing ended, consumption of sugar in the U.K. "nearly doubled," according to the study.
The study found those exposed to less sugar early in life were found to have better health outcomes later in life.that Americans ages 2 and older limit their intake of added sugars to less than 10% of their daily calories, or about four tablespoons for someone consuming a 2,000-calorie diet.Low-calorie sugar alternatives could negatively affect gut health, study findsConsuming too many added sugars can lead to health problems like obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, according to the CDC.
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