A major UK study has revealed that low sugar consumption during pregnancy and early childhood may significantly reduce the risk of serious heart diseases in adulthood.
These compelling findings emerged from an analysis of the health records of over 63,000 British adults. The participants were born during the post-World War II era, a time when sugar was strictly rationed in the UK.
According to the research, during the 1950s, pregnant women were permitted less than 40 grams of sugar per day, and children under the age of two were given no added sugar at all.
When researchers examined the long-term health of this group, they discovered a dramatic reduction in heart disease. Participants who had minimal sugar intake from birth to age two had a 31% lower risk of stroke, a 25% lower risk of heart attack, and a 26% lower risk of heart failure compared to the general population.
Scientists suggest this is because low sugar intake also reduces the likelihood of developing diabetes and high blood pressure, which are major underlying causes of heart conditions.
