Researchers have found that reducing sugar intake in the first 1,000 days of life can significantly reduce the risk of diabetes and hypertension in adulthood.
The first 100 days: what are we talking about?The first 1000 days correspond to the stage of life from conception to the second year of a child’s life. This is a critical period for a child’s development and health into adulthood.
Diet, daily routine, exposure to harmful substances… Parents and people who watch over their children until they enter school can influence the environment so that they grow up healthy. Recent studies have confirmed that nutrition starting at a very young age is important for health.35% reduction in risk of diabetes
Sugar can be harmful to health when consumed in excess.
Therefore, it is important to limit your intake in order to live a healthier, better and longer life. Recent studies suggest that this sugar restriction should start from pregnancy. The study, published in Science magazine, found that reducing sugar intake starting in the first few days of life reduces the risk of diabetes by 35 percent and hypertension by 20 percent.
Researchers from the University of Southern California reached this conclusion by studying the long-term effects of sugar rationing during World War II. To do this, they used data from the UK Biobank Study, a long-term prospective study that includes health data from 500,000 people. They looked at the effects of sugar restriction on the health of adults conceived just before and just after the sugar rationing period.
“Analyzing all these data collected at key time points, we found that limiting sugar intake early in life reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension by 35 percent and 20 percent, respectively, and delays the onset of the diseases by several years,” the study authors wrote. . Limiting sugar intake in pregnant women
Studies have shown that the risk of chronic diseases is significantly reduced in those whose mothers limit their sugar intake during pregnancy. But researchers say that the health benefits are even greater if the child consumes very little sugar after birth, less than 40 grams per day.
How does sugar affect health?
Anthes reminds us that excessive sugar intake poses health risks because it directly affects weight gain, elevated blood lipid levels (triglyceridemia) and uricemia (blood urea levels). In the long term, high sugar intake can lead to overweight, obesity and related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. Excessive sugar intake also increases the risk of tooth decay.
For this reason, ANSES recommends that adults and adolescents aged 13 to 17 consume no more than 100 g of total sugars (excluding lactose and galactose) per day, and children aged 8 to 12 and 4 to 12 no more than 75 g per day. 60 g per day for 7 years.